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Spinal Cord Injury

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1990 Case Definition

Clinical case definition

An acute traumatic lesion of the neural elements in the spinal canal, resulting in temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or bowel/bladder dysfunction

Case classification

Confirmed: a case that meets the clinical case definition

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