Tethered Cord Syndrome

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-547

  Agarwalla, Pankaj K ^a   Dunn, Ian F ^a   Scott, R Michael ^a   Smith, Edward R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUBFOOT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIPOMA; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; NEURULATION; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PES EQUINOVARUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URODYNAMICS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 34547166479     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.04.001     Document Type: Review

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