Use of lumbar ultrasonography to detect occult spinal dysraphism: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-279

  Chern, Joshua J ^a,b   Kirkman, Jennifer L ^a   Shannon, Chevis N ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Stone, Jeffrey D ^c   Royal, Stuart A ^d   Oakes, W Jerry ^a   Rozzelle, Curtis J ^a   Wellons, John C ^a  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b Children's Healthcare   (United States)

^c Greenvale Pediatrics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Occult spinal dysraphism; Screening test; Spine; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN DISEASE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 84857873076     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.PEDS11351     Document Type: Article

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