William Bauman

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Name: William A. Bauman, MD

Elected ACMI Fellow: 1984

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Degrees: MD, Columbia, 1947

Current Position: Archivist for the Babies Hospital Alumni Association

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Professional Activities: Dean, Columbia University Medical Center 1960-1983

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Selected Publications:

What do parents expect from progress reports? : a survey of parents with elementary-aged children... (1997)
Bauman, William A.Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-49).

Demonstration of a novel circulating anti-prostacyclin receptor antibody
Kahn, Nighat N. Bauman, William A. Sinha, Asru K.
Although coronary artery disease (CAD) is appreciated to be accelerated in patients with chronic
 spinal cord injury (SCI), the underlying mechanism...

Provocative Stimulation of Growth Hormone: A Monozygotic Twin Study Discordant for Spinal Cord...
Bauman, William A Zhang, Run Lin Spungen, Ann M

Demonstration of a novel circulating anti-prostacyclin receptor antibody
Kahn, Nighat N. Bauman, William A. Sinha, Asru K.
Although coronary artery disease (CAD) is appreciated to be accelerated in patients with chronic
 spinal cord injury (SCI), the underlying mechanism...

Normalization of Supine Blood Pressure After Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition in Persons With...
Wecht, Jill M Weir, Joseph P Krothe, AnnMarie H Spungen, Ann M Bauman, William A

Anorectal Stimulation Causes Increased Colonic Motor Activity in Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury
Korsten, Mark A Singal, Ashwani K Monga, Amit Chaparala, Geeta Khan, Amir M Palmon, Ron Mendoza,
 John Reagan D Lirio, Juan P Rosman, Alan S Spungen,...

Identification of androgen response elements in the insulin-like growth factor I upstream promoter (2007)
Wu, Yong-Shi Zhao, Weidong; Zhao, Jingbo; Pan, Jiangping; Wu, Qiaqia; Zhang, Yuanfei; Bauman, Wi
lliam A.; Cardozo, Christopher P.
Testosterone stimulates the expression of IGF-I in cells and tissues that include prostate, 
muscle and muscle satellite cells, and the uterus. Here,...

Identification of androgen response elements in the insulin-like growth factor I upstream promoter (2007)
Wu, Yong-Shi Zhao, Weidong; Zhao, Jingbo; Pan, Jiangping; Wu, Qiaqia; Zhang, Yuanfei; Bauman, 
William A.; Cardozo, Christopher P.
Testosterone stimulates the expression of IGF-I in cells and tissues that include prostate, muscle and
muscle satellite cells, and the uterus. Here,...

Wecht JM, Rosado-Rivera D, Jegede A, Cirnigliaro CM, Jensen MA, Kirshblum S,
Bauman WA. Systemic and cerebral hemodynamics during cognitive testing. Clin
Auton Res. 2012 Feb;22(1):25-33. Epub 2011 Jul 27.

Wu Y, Zhao J, Zhao W, Pan J, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Nandrolone normalizes
determinants of muscle mass and fiber type after SCI. J Neurotrauma. 2011 Dec 30.

Bauman WA, Langhoff E. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: Bronx gal who made great. Ann N 
Y Acad Sci. 2011 Nov;1237:1-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06214.x.

Wecht JM, Radulovic M, Rosado-Rivera D, Zhang RL, LaFountaine MF, Bauman WA.
Orthostatic effects of midodrine versus L-NAME on cerebral blood flow and the
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in tetraplegia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2011
 Nov;92(11):1789-95. Epub 2011 Jul 16.

Liu XH, Yao S, Qiao RF, Levine AC, Kirschenbaum A, Pan J, Wu Y, Qin W, Bauman 
WA, Cardozo CP. Nandrolone reduces activation of Notch signaling in denervated
muscle associated with increased Numb expression. Biochem Biophys Res Commun.
2011 Oct 14;414(1):165-9. Epub 2011 Sep 17.

Bauman WA, Emmons RR, Cirnigliaro CM, Kirshblum SC, Spungen AM. An effective
oral vitamin D replacement therapy in persons with spinal cord injury. J Spinal
Cord Med. 2011 Sep;34(5):455-60.

Rosado-Rivera D, Radulovic M, Handrakis JP, Cirnigliaro CM, Jensen AM,
Kirshblum S, Bauman WA, Wecht JM. Comparison of 24-hour cardiovascular and
autonomic function in paraplegia, tetraplegia, and control groups: implications
for cardiovascular risk. J Spinal Cord Med. 2011 Jul;34(4):395-403.

Emmons RR, Garber CE, Cirnigliaro CM, Kirshblum SC, Spungen AM, Bauman WA.
Assessment of measures for abdominal adiposity in persons with spinal cord
injury. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2011 May;37(5):734-41. Epub 2011 Mar 25.

Nash MS, Lewis JE, Dyson-Hudson TA, Szlachcic Y, Yee F, Mendez AJ, Spungen AM,
Bauman WA. Safety, tolerance, and efficacy of extended-release niacin monotherapy
for treating dyslipidemia risks in persons with chronic tetraplegia: a randomized
multicenter controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 Mar;92(3):399-410. Epub
2011 Jan 31.

La Fountaine MF, Gossett JD, De Meersman RE, Bauman WA. Increased QT interval
variability in 3 recently concussed athletes: an exploratory observation. J Athl
Train. 2011;46(3):230-3.

Asselin P, Spungen AM, Muir JW, Rubin CT, Bauman WA. Transmission of
low-intensity vibration through the axial skeleton of persons with spinal cord
injury as a potential intervention for preservation of bone quantity and quality
.
J Spinal Cord Med. 2011;34(1):52-9.

La Fountaine MF, Wecht JM, Cirnigliaro CM, Kirshblum SC, Spungen AM, Bauman
WA. QT/RR coherence is associated with testosterone levels in men with chronic
spinal cord injury. Neuroendocrinology. 2011;93(3):174-80. Epub 2011 Jan 21.

Qin W, Pan J, Wu Y, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Protection against
dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy is related to modulation by testosterone of
 
FOXO1 and PGC-1α. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Dec 17;403(3-4):473-8. Epub
2010 Nov 19.

Qin W, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Evolving concepts in neurogenic osteoporosis.
Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2010 Dec;8(4):212-8. Review.

Ancha HR, Fajardo NR, Bauman WA, Rosman AS, Galea M, Creasey G, Korsten MA.
Absence of high amplitude propagating contractions in subjects with chronic
spinal cord injury. World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Nov 21;16(43):5435-9.

Ho CH, Powell HL, Collins JF, Bauman WA, Spungen AM. Poor nutrition is a
relative contraindication to negative pressure wound therapy for pressure ulcers
:
preliminary observations in patients with spinal cord injury. Adv Skin Wound
Care. 2010 Nov;23(11):508-16.

Qin W, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Bone and muscle loss after spinal cord injury:
organ interactions. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Nov;1211:66-84. doi:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05806.x. Review.

Qin W, Pan J, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Differential alterations in gene
expression profiles contribute to time-dependent effects of nandrolone to preven
t
denervation atrophy. BMC Genomics. 2010 Oct 22;11:596.

Wu Y, Bauman WA, Blitzer RD, Cardozo C. Testosterone-induced hypertrophy of
L6 myoblasts is dependent upon Erk and mTOR. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Oc
t
1;400(4):679-83. Epub 2010 Sep 9.

Emmons RR, Garber CE, Cirnigliaro CM, Moyer JM, Kirshblum SC, Galea MD,
Spungen AM, Bauman WA. The influence of visceral fat on the postprandial lipemic
 
response in men with paraplegia. J Am Coll Nutr. 2010 Oct;29(5):476-81.

Wecht JM, Rosado-Rivera D, Handrakis JP, Radulovic M, Bauman WA. Effects of
midodrine hydrochloride on blood pressure and cerebral blood flow during
orthostasis in persons with chronic tetraplegia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010
Sep;91(9):1429-35.

Radulovic M, Schilero GJ, Wecht JM, La Fountaine M, Rosado-Rivera D, Bauman
WA. Exhaled nitric oxide levels are elevated in persons with tetraplegia and
comparable to that in mild asthmatics. Lung. 2010 Jun;188(3):259-62. Epub 2009
Dec 15.

Bauman WA, Schnitzer TJ, Chen D. Management of osteoporosis after spinal cord
injury: what can be done? Point/counterpoint. PM R. 2010 Jun;2(6):566-72.

Cardozo CP, Qin W, Peng Y, Liu X, Wu Y, Pan J, Bauman WA, Zaidi M, Sun L.
Nandrolone slows hindlimb bone loss in a rat model of bone loss due to
denervation. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Mar;1192:303-6.

Wu Y, Zhao W, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Qin W, Pan J, Bauman WA, Blitzer RD, Cardozo
C. REDD1 is a major target of testosterone action in preventing
dexamethasone-induced muscle loss. Endocrinology. 2010 Mar;151(3):1050-9. Epub
2009 Dec 23.

Jegede AB, Rosado-Rivera D, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP, Sano M, Moyer JM, Brooks
M, Wecht JM. Cognitive performance in hypotensive persons with spinal cord
injury. Clin Auton Res. 2010 Feb;20(1):3-9. Epub 2009 Oct 16.

La Fountaine MF, Wecht JM, Rosado-Rivera D, Cirnigliaro CM, Spungen AM,
Bauman WA. The QT variability index and cardiac autonomic modulation:
perspectives from apparently healthy men with spinal cord injury. Cardiology.
2010;117(4):253-9. Epub 2011 Jan 19.

Bauman WA, Kirshblum S, Cirnigliaro C, Forrest GF, Spungen AM.
Underestimation of bone loss of the spine with posterior-anterior dual-energy
X-ray absorptiometry in patients with spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med.
2010;33(3):214-20.

Kahn NN, Feldman SP, Bauman WA. Lower-extremity functional electrical
stimulation decreases platelet aggregation and blood coagulation in persons with
chronic spinal cord injury: a pilot study. J Spinal Cord Med. 2010;33(2):150-8.

Spungen AM, Bauman WA, Lesser M, McCool FD. Breathing pattern and ventilatory
control in chronic tetraplegia. Lung. 2009 Nov-Dec;187(6):375-81. Epub 2009 Oct
10.

Bauman WA. The potential metabolic consequences of cerebral palsy: inferences
from the general population and persons with spinal cord injury. Dev Med Child
Neurol. 2009 Oct;51 Suppl 4:64-78. Review.

Wecht JM, Radulovic M, Lafountaine MF, Rosado-Rivera D, Zhang RL, Bauman WA. 
Orthostatic responses to nitric oxide synthase inhibition in persons with
tetraplegia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009 Aug;90(8):1428-34.

Wecht JM, Weir JP, DeMeersman RE, Schilero GJ, Handrakis JP, LaFountaine MF, 
Cirnigliaro CM, Kirshblum SC, Bauman WA. Cold face test in persons with spinal
cord injury: age versus inactivity. Clin Auton Res. 2009 Aug;19(4):221-9. Epub
2009 May 6.

Zeman RJ, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Zhao W, Wen X, Wu Y, Pan J, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. 
differential skeletal muscle gene expression after upper or lower motor neuron
transection. Pflugers Arch. 2009 Jul;458(3):525-35. Epub 2009 Feb 13.

Zeman RJ, Bauman WA, Wen X, Ouyang N, Etlinger JD, Cardozo CP. Improved
functional recovery with oxandrolone after spinal cord injury in rats.
Neuroreport. 2009 Jun 17;20(9):864-8.

La Fountaine MF, Heffernan KS, Gossett JD, Bauman WA, De Meersman RE.
Transient suppression of heart rate complexity in concussed athletes. Auton
Neurosci. 2009 Jun 15;148(1-2):101-3. Epub 2009 Mar 21.

Schilero GJ, Spungen AM, Bauman WA, Radulovic M, Lesser M. Pulmonary function
and spinal cord injury. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2009 May 15;166(3):129-41. Epu
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2009 Apr 9. Review.

Handrakis JP, DeMeersman RE, Rosado-Rivera D, LaFountaine MF, Spungen AM,
Bauman WA, Wecht JM. Effect of hypotensive challenge on systemic hemodynamics an
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cerebral blood flow in persons with tetraplegia. Clin Auton Res. 2009
Feb;19(1):39-45. Epub 2008 Oct 11.

Zhao W, Qin W, Pan J, Wu Y, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Dependence of
dexamethasone-induced Akt/FOXO1 signaling, upregulation of MAFbx, and protein
catabolism upon the glucocorticoid receptor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Ja
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16;378(3):668-72. Epub 2008 Dec 6.

La Fountaine MF, Radulovic M, Cardozo CP, Spungen AM, DeMeersman RE, Bauman
WA. Effects of acute nitric oxide synthase inhibition on lower leg vascular
function in chronic tetraplegia. J Spinal Cord Med. 2009;32(5):538-44.

Bauman WA, Zhang RL, Morrison N, Spungen AM. Acute suppression of bone
turnover with calcium infusion in persons with spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord
Med. 2009;32(4):398-403.

Radulovic M, Schilero GJ, Wecht JM, Weir JP, Spungen AM, Bauman WA, Lesser M.
Airflow obstruction and reversibility in spinal cord injury: evidence for
functional sympathetic innervation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008
Dec;89(12):2349-53.

Zhao W, Pan J, Wang X, Wu Y, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Expression of the muscle 
atrophy factor muscle atrophy F-box is suppressed by testosterone. Endocrinology.
2008 Nov;149(11):5449-60. Epub 2008 Jul 3.

Rosman AS, Chaparala G, Monga A, Spungen AM, Bauman WA, Korsten MA.
Intramuscular neostigmine and glycopyrrolate safely accelerated bowel evacuation
 in patients with spinal cord injury and defecatory disorders. Dig Dis Sci. 2008
Oct;53(10):2710-3. Epub 2008 Mar 13.

Zhao W, Pan J, Zhao Z, Wu Y, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Testosterone protects
against dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy, protein degradation and MAFbx
upregulation. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2008 May;110(1-2):125-9. Epub 2008 Mar
20.

Wecht JM, Weir JP, Goldstein DS, Krothe-Petroff A, Spungen AM, Holmes C,
Bauman WA. Direct and reflexive effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on
blood pressure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Jan;294(1):H190-7. Epub
2007 Oct 26.

Zhao J, Zhang Y, Zhao W, Wu Y, Pan J, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. Effects of
nandrolone on denervation atrophy depend upon time after nerve transection.
Muscle Nerve. 2008 Jan;37(1):42-9.

Wu Y, Zhao W, Zhao J, Pan J, Wu Q, Zhang Y, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP.
Identification of androgen response elements in the insulin-like growth factor I
upstream promoter. Endocrinology. 2007 Jun;148(6):2984-93. Epub 2007 Mar 15.

Zhao J, Wecht JM, Zhang Y, Wen X, Zeman R, Bauman WA, Cardozo C. iNOS
expression in rat aorta is increased after spinal cord transection: a possible
cause of orthostatic hypotension in man. Neurosci Lett. 2007 Mar 30;415(3):210-4
.
Epub 2007 Jan 14.

Bauman WA, Zhang RL, Spungen AM. Provocative stimulation of growth hormone: a
monozygotic twin study discordant for spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med.
2007;30(5):467-72.

Korsten MA, Singal AK, Monga A, Chaparala G, Khan AM, Palmon R, Mendoza JR,
Lirio JP, Rosman AS, Spungen A, Bauman WA. Anorectal stimulation causes increased
colonic motor activity in subjects with spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med.
2007;30(1):31-5.

Wecht JM, Weir JP, Krothe AH, Spungen AM, Bauman WA. Normalization of supine 
blood pressure after nitric oxide synthase inhibition in persons with
tetraplegia. J Spinal Cord Med. 2007;30(1):5-9.

Wecht JM, Weir JP, Bauman WA. Blunted heart rate response to vagal withdrawal
in persons with tetraplegia. Clin Auton Res. 2006 Dec;16(6):378-83. Epub 2006 Oct25.

Grimm DR, Schilero GJ, Spungen AM, Bauman WA, Lesser M. Salmeterol improves
pulmonary function in persons with tetraplegia. Lung. 2006 Nov-Dec;184(6):335-9.
 Epub 2006 Nov 9.

Wecht JM, Marsico R, Weir JP, Spungen AM, Bauman WA, De Meersman RE.
Autonomic recovery from peak arm exercise in fit and unfit individuals with
paraplegia. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006 Jul;38(7):1223-8.


Bauman WA, Spungen AM, Wang J, Pierson RN Jr, Schwartz E. Relationship of fat
mass and serum estradiol with lower extremity bone in persons with chronic spinal
cord injury. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jun;290(6):E1098-103. Epub 2006
 Jan 17.

Bauman WA, Kirshblum SC, Morrison NG, Cirnigliaro CM, Zhang RL, Spungen AM.
Effect of low-dose baclofen administration on plasma insulin-like growth factor-
in persons with spinal cord injury. J Clin Pharmacol. 2006 Apr;46(4):476-82.

Kahn NN, Sinha AK, Spungen AM, Bauman WA. Effects of oxandrolone, an anabolic
steroid, on hemostasis. Am J Hematol. 2006 Feb;81(2):95-100.

Zhao W, Wu Y, Zhao J, Guo S, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Structure and function of
the upstream promotor of the human Mafbx gene: the proximal upstream promotor
modulates tissue-specificity. J Cell Biochem. 2005 Sep 1;96(1):209-19.

Bauman WA, Spungen AM, Morrison N, Zhang RL, Schwartz E. Effect of a vitamin 
D analog on leg bone mineral density in patients with chronic spinal cord injury
.
J Rehabil Res Dev. 2005 Sep-Oct;42(5):625-34.

Korsten MA, Rosman AS, Ng A, Cavusoglu E, Spungen AM, Radulovic M, Wecht J,
Bauman WA. Infusion of neostigmine-glycopyrrolate for bowel evacuation in person
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with spinal cord injury. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Jul;100(7):1560-5.

Bauman WA, Wecht JM, Kirshblum S, Spungen AM, Morrison N, Cirnigliaro C,
Schwartz E. Effect of pamidronate administration on bone in patients with acute
spinal cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2005 May-Jun;42(3):305-13.

Schilero GJ, Grimm DR, Bauman WA, Lenner R, Lesser M. Assessment of airway
caliber and bronchodilator responsiveness in subjects with spinal cord injury.
Chest. 2005 Jan;127(1):149-55.

Bauman WA, Morrison NG, Spungen AM. Vitamin D replacement therapy in persons 
with spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2005;28(3):203-7.

Wecht JM, Radulovic M, Weir JP, Lessey J, Spungen AM, Bauman WA. Partial
angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition during acute orthostatic stress in
persons with tetraplegia. J Spinal Cord Med. 2005;28(2):103-8.

Kahn NN, Bauman WA, Sinha AK. Appearance of a novel prostacyclin receptor
antibody and duration of spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med.
2005;28(2):97-102.

Zhao J, Bauman WA, Huang R, Caplan AJ, Cardozo C. Oxandrolone blocks
glucocorticoid signaling in an androgen receptor-dependent manner. Steroids. 200
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May;69(5):357-66.

Bauman WA. James J. Peters: vision accomplished! J Rehabil Res Dev. 2004
Jan-Feb;41(1):xi-xiv.

Korsten MA, Fajardo NR, Rosman AS, Creasey GH, Spungen AM, Bauman WA.
Difficulty with evacuation after spinal cord injury: colonic motility during
sleep and effects of abdominal wall stimulation. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2004
Jan-Feb;41(1):95-100.

Wecht JM, Radulovic M, Lessey J, Spungen AM, Bauman WA. Common carotid and
common femoral arterial dynamics during head-up tilt in persons with spinal cord
 
injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2004 Jan-Feb;41(1):89-94.

Radulovic M, Spungen AM, Wecht JM, Korsten MA, Schilero GJ, Bauman WA, Lesser
M. Effects of neostigmine and glycopyrrolate on pulmonary resistance in spinal
cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2004 Jan-Feb;41(1):53-8.

Bauman WA, Spungen AM, Wang J, Pierson RN Jr. The relationship between energy
expenditure and lean tissue in monozygotic twins discordant for spinal cord
injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2004 Jan-Feb;41(1):1-8.

Wecht JM, Weir JP, DeMeersman RE, Spungen AM, Bauman WA. Arterial stiffness
in persons with paraplegia. J Spinal Cord Med. 2004;27(3):255-9.

Bauman WA. Risk factors for osteoporosis in persons with spinal cord injury: 
what we should know and what we should be doing. J Spinal Cord Med.
2004;27(3):212-3.

Seltz M, Radnitz C, Bauman WA. The relationship of spinal cord injury trauma 
to alcohol misuse: a study of monozygotic twins. J Spinal Cord Med.
2004;27(1):18-21.

Wecht JM, De Meersman RE, Weir JP, Spungen AM, Bauman WA. Cardiac autonomic
responses to progressive head-up tilt in individuals with paraplegia. Clin Auton
 
Res. 2003 Dec;13(6):433-8.

Spungen AM, Adkins RH, Stewart CA, Wang J, Pierson RN Jr, Waters RL, Bauman
WA. Factors influencing body composition in persons with spinal cord injury: a
cross-sectional study. J Appl Physiol. 2003 Dec;95(6):2398-407. Epub 2003 Aug 8.
 

Wecht JM, De Meersman RE, Weir JP, Spungen AM, Bauman WA. Cardiac homeostasis
is independent of calf venous compliance in subjects with paraplegia. Am J
Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2003 Jun;284(6):H2393-9. Epub 2003 Feb 27.

Kahn NN, Bauman WA, Sinha AK. Circulating heavy chain IgG, a pathological
mediator for coronary artery disease, recognizes platelet surface receptors of
both prostacyclin and insulin. Platelets. 2003 Jun;14(4):203-10.

Linn WS, Spungen AM, Gong H Jr, Bauman WA, Adkins RH, Waters RL. Smoking and 
obstructive lung dysfunction in persons with chronic spinal cord injury. J Spinal
Cord Med. 2003 Spring;26(1):28-35.

Fajardo NR, Pasiliao RV, Modeste-Duncan R, Creasey G, Bauman WA, Korsten MA. 
Decreased colonic motility in persons with chronic spinal cord injury. Am J
Gastroenterol. 2003 Jan;98(1):128-34.

Spungen AM, Grimm DR, Schilero G, Lenner R, Oei E, Bauman WA, Almenoff PL,
Lesser M. Relationship of respiratory symptoms with smoking status and pulmonary
 function in chronic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2002
Spring;25(1):23-7.

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