Diastematomyelia in children: Treatment outcome and natural history of associated syringomyelia

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 515-519

  Gan, Y C ^a   Sgouros, S ^a   Walsh, A R ^a   Hockley, A D ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cord untethering; Diastematomyelia; Spinal dysraphism; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147168795     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0205-5     Document Type: Article

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