Treatment of hydromyelia in spina bifida

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 411-420

  Caldarelli, Massimo ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^a   La Marca, Frank ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Children; Hydromyelia; MRI; Spina bifida; Syringomyelia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROMYELIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD SURGERY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SYRINGOMYELIA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032213281     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00457-6     Document Type: Article

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