Cervical meningocele with tethered cervical cord in a Chinese infant

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-115

  Wong, J H M ^a   Wong, G K C ^a   Zhu, X L ^a   Chan, Y L ^a   Fung, E ^a   Poon, W S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Meningocele; Meningomyelocele; Neck; Neural tube defects; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MENINGOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOCELE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 17444368048     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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