Tethered spinal cord syndrome in the adult;Das Tethered-spinal-cord Syndrom beim Erwachsenen

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Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-291

  Kothbauer, K ^a,b   Seiler, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; tethered spinal cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LOW BACK PAIN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030923097     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050126     Document Type: Review

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