Spinal lipomas in children - Surgical management and long-term follow-up

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 84-87

  Morimoto, Kazuyoshi ^a   Takemoto, Osamu ^a   Wakayama, Akatsuki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; MR imaging; Spinal lipomas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOM; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; REOPERATION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144487748     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085161     Document Type: Article

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