Congenital Cervical Tethered Cord in an Adult: Utility of Spinal Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging

N. O. Schmidt; F. Raimund; A.-F Förster; J. Matschke; J. Regelsberger; J. Fiehler; D. Winkler; M. Westphal

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1268501

Central European Neurosurgery - Zentralblatt für Neurochirurgie, Table of Contents

Cent Eur Neurosurg 2011; 72(4): 208-211
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268501

Case Report

Congenital Cervical Tethered Cord in an Adult: Utility of Spinal Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging

¹ , N. O. Schmidt¹ , F. Raimund¹ , A.-F Förster² , J. Matschke³ , J. Regelsberger¹ , J. Fiehler² , D. Winkler¹ , M. Westphal¹

¹Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,Neurochirurgie, Hamburg, Germany
²Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,Neuroradiologie, Hamburg, Germany
³Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,Neuropathologie, Hamburg, Germany

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