Urinary incontinence in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and cord in the normal position with fatty filum terminale

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 717-719

  Tubbs, Richard Shane ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular; Occult spinal dysraphism; Spina bifida occulta; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CAUDA EQUINA; FATS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 5744250205     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0911-9     Document Type: Article

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