Tethered cord syndrome in children with anorectal malformations

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 626-630

  Muthukumar, Natarajan ^a,b   Subramaniam, Bhuvaneswari ^a   Gnanaseelan, Thangaraj ^a   Rathinam, Ramesh ^a   Thiruthavadoss, Appaswamy ^a  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Muruganagam   (India)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Children; Imperforate anus; Lipomyelomeningocele; Sacral agenesis; Split notochord syndrome; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM AGENESIS; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0034080953     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.4.0626     Document Type: Article

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