Multidisciplinary evaluation of occult spinal dysraphism in 47 children

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-334

  Sarica, Kemal ^a   Erbaǧci, Ahmet ^a   Yaǧci, Faruk ^a   Yurtseven, Cihanser ^a   Buyukbebeci, Orhan ^a   Karakurum, Gunhan ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Occult spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER EXAMINATION; BLADDER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; LIMB DEFORMITY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SACRUM; SPINA BIFIDA; SYMPTOM; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; VIDEORECORDING; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 10744229924     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310004725     Document Type: Article

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