Morphological and functional electrophysiological evidence of relative spinal cord tethering in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-680

  Chu, Winnie C W ^a   Man, Gene C W ^a   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Yeung, Benson H Y ^a   Chau, W W ^a   Ng, Bobby K W ^a   Lam, Tsz Ping ^a   Lee, Kwong Man ^a   Cheng, Jack C Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal cord; Tethering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 41349115683     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318166aa58     Document Type: Article

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