Prevalence of sacral spina bifida occulta and its relationship to age, sex, race, and the sacral table angle: An anatomic, osteologic study of three thousand one hundred specimens

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1539-1543

  Eubanks, Jason David ^a   Cheruvu, Vinay K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Sacral table angle; Spina bifida occulta; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; NEGRO; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RATING SCALE; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SACRUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKELETON; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINE;

EID: 67651174520     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a98560     Document Type: Article

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