Urodynamic Findings in Children With Myelomeningocele After Untethering of the Spinal Cord

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 331-334

  Abrahamsson, Kate ^a   Olsson, Ingrid ^a   Sillén, Ulla ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bladder; myelomeningocele; neural tube defects; neurogenic; pediatrics; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URODYNAMICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33845462910     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.08.146     Document Type: Article

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