Human tail and myelomeningocele

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 334-337

  Lin, Pei Jung ^a,c   Chang, Yu Tang ^a   Tseng, Hsing I ^a   Lin, Jan You ^a   Huang, Yu Sheng ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human tail; Myelomeningocele; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD; TAIL; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; SPINE;

EID: 34447337997     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103318     Document Type: Article

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