The club-shaped cord terminus in siblings with caudal agenesis: MRI

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 735-737

  Unal O ^a   Sakarya, M E ^a   Arslan, H ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord, congenital anomalies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM AGENESIS; SIBLING; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0033408374     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050834     Document Type: Article

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