The currarino triad: Its importance in pediatric neurosurgery

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-146

  Gaskill, Sarah J ^a   Marlin, Arthur E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior sacral meningocele; Currarino s triad; Sacral anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SACRUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030423471     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121112     Document Type: Article

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