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Birth Injury to the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord

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Trauma and Regeneration

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 32))

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Mechanical trauma to the cervical spine still occurs at birth. In 2 of 48 perinatal post-mortems traumatic damage to the cervical spinal cord was found. Also in this series at least 12% of cases from one hospital showed some degree of trauma to the cervical spine but this was of a lesser degree in individual cases than 20 years ago.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK

    Dr. Helen Reid (Lecturer in Neuropathology)

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  1. University Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    J. Hume Adams M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.Path., F.R.C.P. (Professor of Neuropathology, Secretary-General, International Society of Neuropathology) (Professor of Neuropathology, Secretary-General, International Society of Neuropathology)

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Reid, H. (1983). Birth Injury to the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord. In: Adams, J.H. (eds) Trauma and Regeneration. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 32. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4147-2_10

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4147-2_10

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Vienna

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-211-81775-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-7091-4147-2

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