Will imaging biomarkers transform spinal cord injury trials?

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 843-844

  Cadotte, David W ^a,b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84881551859     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70157-1     Document Type: Letter

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