Is a filum terminale with a normal appearance really normal?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-10

  Selçuki, Mehmet ^a,d   Vatansever, Seda ^d   Inan, Sevinç ^d   Erdemli, Esra ^b   Baǧdatoǧlu, Celal ^c   Polat, Ayse ^c  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Filum terminale; Incontinence; Neurogenic bladder; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TISSUE SECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VASODILATATION; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0038660797     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0665-1     Document Type: Article

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