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Lesions of the Spinal Nerves and Spinal Cord

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Injuries to the nervous system, as well as neurologic diseases, produce symptoms and clinical signs. This chapter outlines some effects of lesions of the spinal nerves and spinal cord. The term lesion refers to pathologic and traumatic tissue damage. Ensuing impairments include the loss or modification of function related to the injury.

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  1. Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, The Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

    Norman L. Strominger

  2. Highview Terrace 87, Hawthorne, NJ, USA

    Robert J. Demarest

  3. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

    Lois B. Laemle

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Strominger, N.L., Demarest, R.J., Laemle, L.B. (2012). Lesions of the Spinal Nerves and Spinal Cord. In: Noback's Human Nervous System, Seventh Edition. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-779-8_12

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