Care of the Adolescent with Spina Bifida

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1359-1374

  Rowe, Dale E ^a   Jadhav, Avinash L ^a  

^a Michigan Orthopedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chiari; Club foot; Hydromyelia; Latex allergy; Scoliosis; Spina bifida; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOTICS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRACTURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOOT MALFORMATION; FRACTURE; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP KNEE FOOT ORTHOTICS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROMYELIA; KNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOTICS; KYPHOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOTICS; PES EQUINUS; RECIPROCATING GAIT ORTHOTICS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINA BIFIDA; TENECTOMY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; WALKING; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 56549102943     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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