Natural history of tethered cord in patients with meningomyelocele

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 989-995

  Phuong, Loi K ^a   Schoeberl, Kimberly A ^a   Raffel, Corey ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^b   Humphreys, Robin P ^b   McComb, J Gordon ^b   McLone, David G ^b   Cohen, Alan R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Meningomyelocele; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 0036590099     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200205000-00011     Document Type: Article

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