High cervical split cord malformation and neurenteric cyst associated with congenital mirror movements: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 813-816

  Birch, Barry D ^a   McCormick, Paul C ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastematomyelia; Diplomyelia; Mirror movements; Neurenteric cyst; Spinal cord; Split cord malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION;

EID: 0029997521     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199604000-00035     Document Type: Article

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