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Images of ependymal cell proliferation after experimental spinal cord injury in the rabbit are presented. This finding suggests that segmental central canal obliteration after injury could be considered in the pathogenesis of posttraumatic syringomyelia.
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Vaquero, J., Ramiro, M.J., Oya, S. et al. Ependymal reaction after experimental spinal cord injury. Acta neurochir 55, 295–302 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01808445
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