Tethered cord in children: A clinical classification with urodynamic correlation

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1677-1680

  Nogueira, Mark ^a   Greenfield, Saul P ^a   Wan, Julian ^a,b   Santana, Adrian ^a   Li, Veetai ^a   Kaplan, George W ^c   Mitchell, Michael ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bladder, neurogenic; Neural tube defects; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AREFLEXIA; BACK; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERREFLEXIA; LEG; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SYNDROME; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URODYNAMICS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 4544373555     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000140140.75441.f0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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