The tethered cord syndrome in adults with spina bifida occulta

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 735-740

  Lapsiwala, Samir B ^a   Iskandar, Bermans J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Congenital anomaly; Spina bifida occulta; Surgery; Tethered cord release; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGITIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN DISEASE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PAIN; REVIEW LITERATURE; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9244228495     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225017956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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