Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1201-1206 , September 2006

Reduced Sympathetic Skin Response in the Isolated Spinal Cord of Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury

  • Shin-Liang Pan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Ho Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Yen-Ho Wang, MD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, No 7 Chung-Shan South Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Hsuan Hou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chao-Min Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tien-Shang Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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 Supported by the National Science Council of the Republic of China (grant no. NSC 94-2314-B-002-085).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.027

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1201-1206 , September 2006

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