Therapeutic exploitation of the S-nitrosoglutathione/S-nitrosylation mechanism for the treatment of contusion spinal cord injury
Mushfiquddin Khan
Inderjit Singh
摘要：Contusion spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major medical and socio-economic problem globally. The incidence of SCI is highest among young adults due to motor vehicle accidents, military or sports injuries, and violence (Selvarajah et al., 2014). The elderly and children are also at risk due to falls and accidents. SCI causes neurodegeneration, with profound loss of locomotor and sensory functions (Siddiqui et al., 2015). Pain and depression are also prevalent in a majority of SCI patients. Expenses for severe SCI are high: initial hospitalization, rehabilitation, and most likely the continuing need for a caregiver and medical care. SCI survivors with less severe injuries usually face lower but still hefy medical bills. However, people ≥ 50 years old with severe SCI may face medical expenses of over $1.8 million during their lifetimes. Tese injuries also a?ect spouses and family members, emotionally and fnancially, and most injuries jeopardize employment for those a?ected. In sum, SCI has a lifelong e?ect on many people;it represents a major challenge for successful health care management.
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资助基金：supported by the grants from South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund(CIRF2017 I-01)VA award(RX2090)
论文发表日期：2019-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：2( 973-974 )