The immunohistochemical profile of the tethered filum terminale

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 227-233

  George, Timothy M ^a   Bulsara, Ketan R ^a   Cummings, Thomas J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Filum terminale; Immunohistochemistry; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HERMES ANTIGEN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MESENCHYME CELL; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; TERMINAL FILUM; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 0141649501     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072866     Document Type: Article

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