Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of persons with traumatic paraplegia living in São Paulo, Brazil Características clínicas e sócio demográficas de pessoas com paraplegia traumática na cidade de São Paulo
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical profile of individuals with paraplegia living in São Paulo, Brazil. METHOD: The sample consisted of 60 outpatients with traumatic paraplegia from whom clinical and demographic data were obtained. RESULTS: The patients were predominately men (86.7%), single (61.7%)...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2009-06-01
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Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2009000300003 |