Split cord malformations in myelomeningocele patients

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 200-203

  Iskandar, Bermans J ^a   Mclaughlin, C ^b   Oakes, W J ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastematomyelia; Hydromyelia; Myelomeningocele; Spina bifida; Split cord malformation

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST; DYSRAPHISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0034123832     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026886900408360     Document Type: Article

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