Spinal Cord Trauma and Related Diseases: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

spinal cord injury, guidelines, management, treatment, SCI, traumatic spinal cord injury, nontraumatic spinal cord injury, direct compression, ischemia, spinal cord disease

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim, MD, MSc, PhD, Professor Adjunto III, Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Neurology Residency Program Director, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim, MD, MSc, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society
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Florian P Thomas, MD, MA, PhD, Drmed, Director, Spinal Cord Injury Unit, St Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Director, National MS Society Multiple Sclerosis Center; Professor, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular Virology, and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, St Louis University
Florian P Thomas, MD, MA, PhD, Drmed is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Paraplegia Society, and National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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Stephen A Berman, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Neurology, Dartmouth Medical School; Chief, Neurology Service, White River Junction Veterans Medical Center
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Stephen A Berman, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Neurology, Dartmouth Medical School; Chief, Neurology Service, White River Junction Veterans Medical Center
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