Prevalence of tethered spinal cord in infants with VACTERL: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-182

  O'Neill, Brent R ^a   Yu, Alexander K ^b   Tyler Kabara, Elizabeth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Imperforate anus; Occult spina bifida; Spinal lipoma; Tethered spinal cord; VACTERL

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME VACTERL; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955287418     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.5.PEDS09428     Document Type: Article

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