Tight filum terminale syndrome in children: Analysis based on positioning of the conus and absence or presence of lumbosacral lipoma

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1129-1134

  Bao, Nan ^a   Chen, Zhi Hua ^a   Gu, Shuo ^a   Chen, Qi Min ^a   Jin, Hui Ming ^a   Shi, Cheng Ren ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Surgical treatment; Tight filum terminale syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB DEFORMITY; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TIGHT FILUM TERMINALE SYNDROME; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34548618430     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0376-8     Document Type: Article

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