A novel embryogenetic mechanism for Currarino's triad: Inadequate dorsoventral separation of the caudal eminence from hindgut endoderm

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 223-229

  Dias, Mark S ^a,b   Azizkhan, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Currarino's triad; Diastematomyelia; Embryogenesis; Imperforate anus; Presacral teratoma; Scimitar sacrum; Spinal dysraphism; Split cord malformations

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM AGENESIS; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; TERATOMA;

ANUS, IMPERFORATE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGOCELE; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0031684065     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028655     Document Type: Article

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