Recent advances in spinal cord neurology.
This short review summarizes developments and achievements made during the last few years in spinal neurology and includes all relevant papers published in the Journal of Neurology during this time. A focus of the review concerns the debate about the significance of translational medicine in spinal cord injury with the introduction of new drugs directed to achieve some spinal cord repairs.
Dietz
Volker
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Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstr 340, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland. vdietz@paralab.balgrist.ch
D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*