Tethered thoracic cord resulting from spinal cord herniation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 530-533

  Henry, Allison ^a,c   Tunkel, Richard ^b   Arbit, Ehud ^b   Ku, Aubrey ^a   Lachmann, Elisabeth ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030972832     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90170-2     Document Type: Article

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