Neurological deterioration years after closure of myelomeningocoele - 'The second lesion'

Spinal Cord

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-14

  Macarthur, D C ^a   Punt, J A ^b   Spencer, M ^c   Douglas, D L ^d   White, B D ^a   Holland, I M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Northern General Hospital ^*

^d NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; Myelomeningocoele; Secondary deterioration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYMPTOM; TERATOMA;

EID: 0035122555     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101108     Document Type: Article

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