Perineal sensation: An important predictor of long-term outcome in open spina bifida

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-70

  Oakeshott, P ^a   Hunt, G M ^b   Whitaker, R H ^c   Kerry, S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVAL RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERINEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33846393266     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.102079     Document Type: Article

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