Do baclofen pumps influence the development of scoliosis in children? Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-199

  Burn, Sasha C ^a   Zeller, Reinhard ^a   Drake, James M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baclofen pump; Cerebral palsy; Pediatric patient; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPASTICITY; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BACLOFEN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 76149138837     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.PEDS08460     Document Type: Article

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