Diseases

Spinal Cord Injuries

Penetrating and non-penetrating injuries to the spinal cord resulting from traumatic external forces (e.g., WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WHIPLASH INJURIES; etc.).

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Abstract

Penetrating and non-penetrating injuries to the spinal cord resulting from traumatic external forces (e.g., WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WHIPLASH INJURIES; etc.).

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38 entry terms
  • Injuries, Spinal Cord
  • Myelopathy, Traumatic
  • Spinal Cord Trauma
  • Cord Injuries, Spinal
  • Cord Injury, Spinal
  • Cord Trauma, Spinal
  • Cord Traumas, Spinal
  • Injury, Spinal Cord
  • Myelopathies, Traumatic
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spinal Cord Traumas
  • Trauma, Spinal Cord
  • Traumas, Spinal Cord
  • Traumatic Myelopathies
  • Traumatic Myelopathy
  • Post-Traumatic Myelopathy
  • Spinal Cord Contusion
  • Spinal Cord Laceration
  • Spinal Cord Transection
  • Contusion, Spinal Cord
  • Contusions, Spinal Cord
  • Cord Contusion, Spinal
  • Cord Contusions, Spinal
  • Cord Laceration, Spinal
  • Cord Lacerations, Spinal
  • Cord Transection, Spinal
  • Cord Transections, Spinal
  • Laceration, Spinal Cord
  • Lacerations, Spinal Cord
  • Myelopathies, Post-Traumatic
  • Myelopathy, Post-Traumatic
  • Post Traumatic Myelopathy
  • Post-Traumatic Myelopathies
  • Spinal Cord Contusions
  • Spinal Cord Lacerations
  • Spinal Cord Transections
  • Transection, Spinal Cord
  • Transections, Spinal Cord

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific vertebra (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord

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Tree Numbers

  1. C10w.228w.854w.763w
  2. C10w.900.850w
  3. C26w.819w

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NLM Classification

WL 403

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spinal Cord Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013119. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013119
  2. Spinal Cord Injuries. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_injury
  3. Spinal Cord Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1415275