Neurological abnormalities, major orthopaedic deformities and ambulation analysis in a myelomeningocele population in Catalonia (Spain)

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 351-357

  Iborra, J ^a,b   Pages E ^a   Cuxart, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulatory status; Myelomeningocele; Neurological abnormalities; Orthopaedic deformities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032980794     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100815     Document Type: Article

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