An investigation of the conus medullaris and filum terminale variations in human fetuses

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-92

  Salbacak, A ^a   Buyukmumcu M ^a   Malas, M A ^b   Karabulut, A K ^a   Seker, M ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Fetuses; Filum terminale; Spinal cord; Variations

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINE;

EID: 0343496963     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-000-0089-0     Document Type: Article

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