[Comment] Will imaging biomarkers transform spinal cord injury trials?
The Lancet Neurology
The gold standard for diagnosis and classification of traumatic spinal cord injury is the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)'s impairment scale (AIS), consisting of motor and sensory testing by a qualified clinician that classifies patients into five grades—A to E—in which grade A is the most severely damaged spinal cord and grade E is a full neurological recovery. Despite the somewhat subjective nature of this scale, it is easy to use and easy to communicate information between treating physicians.
Original Article: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(13)70157-1/fulltext?rss=yes
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