Traumatic spinal cord injury: current concepts and treatment update
ABSTRACT Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects 1.3 million North Americans, with more than half occurring after trauma. In Brazil, few studies have evaluated the epidemiology of SCI with an estimated incidence of 16 to 26 per million per year. The final extent of the spinal cord damage results from prima...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
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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=S0004-282X2017000600387&lng=en&tlng=en |