Tethered cord syndrome: A review of the literature from embryology to adult presentation

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Hertzler II, Dean A ^a   DePowell, John J ^a   Stevenson, Charles B ^a   Mangano, Francesco T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipomyelomeningocele; Myelomeningocele; Natural history; Occult tethered cord; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 77956163678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.FOCUS1079     Document Type: Article

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