Lumbar agenesis with sacral sparing: A case report

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 184-187

  Goldberg, Barry S ^a   Shah, Biren A ^a   Wysoki, Michael G ^a   Simmons, Mike ^a   Koenigsberg, Robert A ^a   Squires, Fredric ^a   Faro, Scott ^a   Tsai, Fong Y ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental defect; Spina bifida; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACRUM; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ANUS ATRESIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECUBITUS; FECES INCONTINENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSCOLIOTIC DEFORMITY; LUMBAR DISK; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT HISTORY OF CHOLECYSTECTOMY; PATIENT HISTORY OF OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; SACRUM AGENESIS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; THORAX DEFORMITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; X RAY;

EID: 0032765310     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199993184     Document Type: Article

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