Tethered cord syndrome in adults

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-370

  Gupta, S K ^a   Khosla, V K ^a   Sharma, B S ^a   Mathuriya, S N ^a   Pathak, A ^a   Tewari, M K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adult presentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgery; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE TUMOR; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032727153     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00121-4     Document Type: Article

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