Split spinal cord malformations in children

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-65

  Erşahin, Yusuf ^a,b   Mutluer, Saffet ^a   Kocaman, Sevgül ^a   Demirtaş, Eren ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Diastematomyelia; Diplomyelia; Spinal dysraphism; Split spinal cord malformation; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 2642634796     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.1.0057     Document Type: Article

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