Correlation of cutaneous lesions with clinical radiological and urodynamic findings in the prognosis of underlying spinal dysraphism disorders

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 360-370

  Sasani, Mehdi ^a   Asghari, Bahloul ^c   Asghari, Yalda ^c   Afsharian, Ruya ^b   Ozer, Ali Fahir ^a  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Medamerican Medical Center Obstetrics   (Turkey)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous lesions; Developmental abnormality; Human tail; Midline defective closure; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SKIN DEFECT; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 49249096643     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000149901     Document Type: Article

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