Dural ectasia in neurofibromatosis

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 331-332

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,c   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA ECTASIA; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; BACK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; OVARY CYST; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MENINGOCELE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OVARIAN CYSTS;

EID: 0036887205     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066305     Document Type: Article

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