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Spinal Injuries
What are the causes?
Spinal cord damage
Most spinal cord damage is caused by physical injuries - road
traffic accident, fall, diving accident, shot or stab wound, etc., and
occasionally by a medical accident during surgery. Broken vertebrae or
a foreign body pierce or crush the spinal cord itself. This is called a
traumatic lesion of the spine. However, viruses and viral infections
(such as transverse myelitis), cysts and tumours on or near the spinal
cord, can cause permanent damage leading to progressive paralysis.
What are the symptoms?
| Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis 
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