Skin-covered midline spinal anomalies: A report of four rare cases with a discussion on their genesis and milestones in surgical management

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 460-465

  Amirjamshidi, A ^a,c   Abbassioun, K ^b   Bidabadi, M Shirani ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hamartoma; Heterotopia; Lipomyelomeningocele; Meningocele; Myelomeningocele; Teratoma; Tethering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSRAPHISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HETEROTOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SKIN; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 33646148499     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-0014-2     Document Type: Article

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