Spinal congenital dermal sinuses: A 30-year experience

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 641-647

  Ackerman, Laurie L ^b   Menezes, Arnold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical; Dermal sinus tract; Intraspinal masses; Lumbar; Meningitis; Split cord malformation; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MENINGITIS; MESODERM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041837597     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.3.641     Document Type: Review

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