Paraplegia as initial manifestation of tethered spinal cord: Case report;Paraplegia como manifestação inicial de medula presa: Relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Guardiola, Ana ^a   Prates, Lisiandra Zilio ^b   De Castro Ribeiro, Marlise ^b   Ferreira, Marcelo Paglioli ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Paraplegia; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PARAPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PARAPLEGIA; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 0042546077     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000100020     Document Type: Article

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