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Traumatic Central Nervous System Injury

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CNS Neuroprotection

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Abstract

Traumatic injury to the central nervous system is an important public health problem. Severe head and spinal cord injuries are a major cause of disability and death, particularly among young adults. The medical sequelae of central nervous system injury are substantial, resulting in large demands upon the patient’s family, the health care system, and society in general. The National Head and Spinal Cord Injury Survey estimates the rate of occurrence of severe head injury at 200 per 100000 (Kraus et al. 1996). Motor vehicle accidents are the primary cause of both brain and spinal cord injury, and young healthy males are the primary victims.

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Poole, R.M. (2002). Traumatic Central Nervous System Injury. In: Marcoux, F.W., Choi, D.W. (eds) CNS Neuroprotection. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 155. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06274-6_14

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