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MeSH Review:

Spinal Cord Injuries

Foo, D. et al., Schmid, D.M. et al., Melkun, E.T. et al., Ellis, R.C. et al., Davidoff, G. et al.

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Disease relevance of Spinal Cord Injuries

We set out to evaluate the efficacy of indium scanning in the diagnosis of chronic osteomyelitis in spinal-cord-injury patients with grade IV pressure ulcers [1].
A 58-year-old man sustained C4-C5 post-traumatic myelopathy with C3-C4 subluxation, slight compression of C3 vertebral body, C4 spinous process fracture and C6 compression fracture [2].

Psychiatry related information on Spinal Cord Injuries

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sildenafil in the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) in spinal cord-injury (SCI) patients [3].

High impact information on Spinal Cord Injuries

We provide the first data that cathepsin B (Cath B), a lysosomal cysteine protease, is up-regulated following contusion-spinal cord injury (SCI) [4].
Trazodone hydrochloride in the treatment of dysesthetic pain in traumatic myelopathy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study [5].

References

Evaluation of (111) indium-labeled autologous leukocyte scintigraphy for the diagnosis of chronic osteomyelitis in patients with grade IV pressure ulcers, as compared with a standard diagnostic protocol. Melkun, E.T., Lewis, V.L. Annals of plastic surgery. (2005) [Pubmed]
A case of post-traumatic syringomyelia. Neuropathological findings after 1 year of cystic drainage. Foo, D., Bignami, A., Rossier, A.B. Paraplegia. (1989) [Pubmed]
Sildenafil in the treatment of sexual dysfunction in spinal cord-injured male patients. Schmid, D.M., Schurch, B., Hauri, D. Eur. Urol. (2000) [Pubmed]
Cathepsin B mRNA and protein expression following contusion spinal cord injury in rats. Ellis, R.C., Earnhardt, J.N., Hayes, R.L., Wang, K.K., Anderson, D.K. J. Neurochem. (2004) [Pubmed]
Trazodone hydrochloride in the treatment of dysesthetic pain in traumatic myelopathy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Davidoff, G., Guarracini, M., Roth, E., Sliwa, J., Yarkony, G. Pain (1987) [Pubmed]

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