Tethered cord syndrome in identical twins

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-88

  Mitsuka, Kentaro ^a   Horikoshi, Toru ^a   Watanabe, Arata ^a   Kinouchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Identical twins; Neuropathic pain; Tethered cord syndrome; Untethering

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FENTANYL CITRATE; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FILUM TERMINALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 58849165212     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0170-8     Document Type: Article

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