Congenital and developmental deformities of the spine in children with myelomeningocele

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 294-302

  Guille, James T ^a   Sarwark, John F ^b,c   Sherk, Henry H ^d   Kumar, S Jay ^e,f  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DYSPLASIA; BRACE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; BRACES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 33749078583     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200605000-00005     Document Type: Review

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