Recurrent meningitis as a manifestation of spinal dysraphism in a young adult;Meningitis recurrente como manifestación de un disrafismo espinal en un adulto joven

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 827-831

  Barrero Hernandez F J ^a,b   Salazar Gravan S ^a   Ortega Molina, M J ^a   Morales Gordo, B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anchored spinal cord; Dermal sinus; Intradural lipoma; Recurrent meningitis; Spina bifida; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PILONIDAL SINUS; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 0036860157     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3509.2002357     Document Type: Article

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