Spinal dysraphism: Trends in Northern India

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-145

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Singh, S N ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Meningomyelocele; Spina bifida; Spinal dysraphism; Split cord malformation; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACK; BACKACHE; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOCELE; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIA; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PES EQUINOVARUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHUNTING; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHIC ULCER; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037222567     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068819     Document Type: Article

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