Epidemiology of non-traumatic spinal cord injury in Uganda: a single center, prospective study with MRI evaluation

Epidemiology of non-traumatic spinal cord injury in Uganda: a single center, prospective study with MRI evaluation

Abstract Background A few reliable national data concerning the etiology of non-traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in sub-Sahara Africa exists, mainly because of the limitations of diagnostic imaging. These are both expensive and mostly unavailable in several resource-limited settings. Only a few st...

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Main Authors: Abdu K. Musubire, David B. Meya, Elly T. Katabira, Ana Claire L. Meyer, Paul R. Bohjanen, David R. Boulware, Frank Minja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Myelopathy
Non-traumatic spinal cord injury
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mortality
MRI
Uganda
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-019-1236-3

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