New perspectives for investigating respiratory failure induced by cervical spinal cord injury

Traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), with an annual incidence of 12,000 new cases in USA (NSCISC 2013), causes devastating locomotor and respiratory paralysis and unfortunately compromises the human patient's lifespan. The severity of the injury depends on the degree and the extent of the in...

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Published inNeural regeneration research Vol. 9; no. 22; pp. 1949 - 1951
Main Authors Bonay, Marcel, Vinit, Stéphane
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LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 15.11.2014
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Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Unité End:icap, UFR des Sciences de la Santé - Simone Veil, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
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Summary:Traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), with an annual incidence of 12,000 new cases in USA (NSCISC 2013), causes devastating locomotor and respiratory paralysis and unfortunately compromises the human patient's lifespan. The severity of the injury depends on the degree and the extent of the initial trauma. In fact, respiratory failure is the leading cause of mortality following upper cervical SCI. However, 80% of the injuries are incomplete, allowing some modest spontaneous recovery. To date, no effective treatment is available in order to restore the loss of function.
Bibliography:Traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), with an annual incidence of 12,000 new cases in USA (NSCISC 2013), causes devastating locomotor and respiratory paralysis and unfortunately compromises the human patient's lifespan. The severity of the injury depends on the degree and the extent of the initial trauma. In fact, respiratory failure is the leading cause of mortality following upper cervical SCI. However, 80% of the injuries are incomplete, allowing some modest spontaneous recovery. To date, no effective treatment is available in order to restore the loss of function.
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ISSN:1673-5374
1876-7958
DOI:10.4103/1673-5374.145367