Medical complication in adults with spina bifida

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1226-1229

  Werhagen, L ^a   Gabrielsson, H ^b   Westgren, N ^c   Borg, K ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Spinalis Rehabstation Stockholm   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hydrocephalus; Pressure sores; Spina bifida; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; OUTPATIENT; SCOLIOSIS; SPASTICITY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EPILEPSY; HYDROCEPHALUS; PRESSURE SORES; SPINA BIFIDA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SWEDEN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880328485     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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