Occult spinal dysraphism - The common combination of lesions and the clinical manifestations in 50 patients

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-14

  Sattar, M T ^a,b   Bannister, C M ^a   Turnbull, I W ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical manifestations; combination of lesions; MR scan; spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOMA; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030473512     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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