Prevalence of primary tethered cord syndrome associated with occult spinal dysraphism in primary school children in Turkey

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-13

  Bademci, Gulsah ^a,c   Saygun, Meral ^a   Batay, Funda ^b   Cakmak, Aytul ^a   Basar, Halil ^a   Anbarci, Huseyin ^a   Unal, Birsen ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAYINDIR HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enuresis; Occult spinal dysraphism; Primary tethered cord; Untethering

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENURESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 29144473558     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089503     Document Type: Article

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