When good is not good enough: The predictive value of cutaneous lesions of the lumbosacral region for occult spinal dysraphism

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1153-1155

  Drolet, Beth A ^a   Boudreau, Christian ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMANGIOMA; HIGH RISK LESION; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NOMENCLATURE; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING TEST; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DIMPLE; SKIN MARKER; SPINE MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 4544351890     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.9.1153     Document Type: Editorial

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