The current role of steroids in acute spinal cord injury

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 848-854

  Bydon, Mohamad ^a   Lin, Joseph ^a   Macki, Mohamed ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute spinal cord injury; ASCI; ASIA classification system; Methylprednisolone; Steroids

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ACUTE DISEASE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84925550643     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.02.062     Document Type: Review

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