Pathophysiology of tethered cord syndrome and other complex factors

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 722-726

  Yamada, Shokei ^a   Knerium, David S ^b   Mandybur, George M ^c   Schultz, Robert L ^a   Yamada, Brian S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Cord elongation; Hypoxia; Oxidative metabolism; Redox of cytochrome oxidase; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GLIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCONTINENCE; ISCHEMIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; METABOLIC DISEASES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPINAL CORD; TRACTION;

EID: 9244229004     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225018027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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