Disordered cardiovascular control after spinal cord injury

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 213-233

  Weaver, Lynne C ^a   Fleming, Jennifer C ^a   Mathias, Christopher J ^b   Krassioukov, Andrei V ^c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52137-8.00013-9     Document Type: Chapter

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