Level of conus medullaris in term and preterm neonates

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Sahin F ^a,d   Selcuki M ^b   Ecin, N ^c   Zenciroglu A ^a   Unlu A ^b   Yilmaz, F ^c   Mavis N ^c   Saribas S ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Sami Ulus Children's Hospital

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Spinal cord; Tethered cord; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0031419725     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.77.1.F67     Document Type: Article

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