Tethered cord syndrome in adults

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1199-1203

  Ratliff, John ^a   Mahoney, Paul Stephen ^a   Kline, David G ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOOT MALFORMATION; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; SCOLIOSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0033378369     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199912000-00013     Document Type: Article

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