A neurofibromatosis type 1 patient with severe kyphoscoliosis and intrathoracic meningocele

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 268-272

  Ebara, Y Sohel ^a   Yuzawa, Y ^a   Kinoshita, T ^a   Takahashi, J ^a   Nakamura, I ^a   Hirabayashi, H ^a   Kitahara, J ^a   Yamada, M ^a   Takaoka, K ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrathoracic meningocele; Kyphoscoliosis; Neurofibromatosis; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASTER CAST; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037347578     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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