Occult spinal dysraphism: Evidence-based diagnosis and treatment

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-334

  Pacheco Jacome, Esperanza ^a   Ballesteros, Martha C ^a   Jayakar, Prasanna ^a   Morrison, Glenn ^b   Ragheb, John ^b   Medina, L Santiago ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037715083     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-5149(03)00028-5     Document Type: Review

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