Lumbar split cord malformation and Klippel-Feil syndrome

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 305-308

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Wellons III, John C ^b   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Diastematomyelia; Occult spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 1642496857     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075258     Document Type: Article

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