Analysis of different treatment modalities of tethered cord syndrome

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 513-517

  van der Meulen, Willem D M ^a   Hoving, Eelco W ^a   Staal Schreinemacher, Annewies ^a   Begeer, Jacobus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Detethering; Spina bifida occulta; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036817744     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0611-2     Document Type: Article

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