Terminal syringomyelia: Is it as innocent as it seems? Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 558-561

  Emmez, Hakan ^a   Güven, Çagatay ^a   Kurt, Gökhan ^a   Kardes, Özgür ^a   Dogulu, Fikret ^a   Baykaner, Kemali ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Spinal dysraphism; Split cord malformation; Syrinx; Terminal syringomyelia; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LIPOMA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; SPINE SURGERY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 7944237313     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.558     Document Type: Article

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