Therapeutic approaches for spinal cord injury

Clinics

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1219-1224

  Cristante, Alexandre Fogaça ^a   de Barros Filho, Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa ^a   Marcon, Raphael Martus ^a   Letaif, Olavo Biraghi ^a   da Rocha, Ivan Dias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central Nervous System Injuries; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injuries

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

EID: 84868299081     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2012(10)16     Document Type: Review

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