Stable muscle atrophy in long-term paraplegics with complete upper motor neuron lesion from 3- to 20-year SCI - Kern, H; Hofer, C; Mödlin, M; Mayr, W; Vindigni, V; Zampieri, S; Boncompagni, S; Protasi, F; Carraro, U (Spinal cord, 2008)
Keywords: Adult; Anatomy; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Case-Control Studies; Cerebrospinal fluid. Meninges. Spinal cord; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Female; Human Physiology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Muscle Strength - physiology; Muscular Atrophy - diagnostic imaging; Muscular Atrophy - etiology; Muscular Atrophy - pathology; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurochemistry; Neurology; Neuropsychology; Neurosciences; original-article; Paraplegia - complications; Paraplegia - pathology; Paraplegia - physiopathology; Quadriceps Muscle - diagnostic imaging; Quadriceps Muscle - pathology; Quadriceps Muscle - physiopathology; Radiography; Spinal Cord Injuries - complications; Spinal Cord Injuries - pathology; Spinal Cord Injuries - physiopathology; Thoracic Vertebrae; Time Factors; biopsy; histopathology and electron microscopy; paraplegia; CT scan; upper motor neuron lesion; human muscle; Human; Nervous system diseases; Vertebral canal; Motor system disorder; Amyotrophy; Motor neuron; Electron microscopy; Long term; Striated muscle disease; Paraplegia; Histopathology; Biopsy; Central nervous system disease; Computerized axial tomography; Neurological disorder; Spinal cord disease