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Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, ...

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As a result of a thoracic spinal cord injury, patients are known to experience loss of motor control and sensation in the trunk and/or legs, referred to as paraplegia. Depending on the severity of the ...