Pediatric Neurology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 228-230 , March 2006

Miller-Dieker Syndrome Associated With Tight Filum Terminale

  • Sheing-Jye Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Steven S.F. Peng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Meng-Fai Kuo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wang-Tso Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jao-Shwann Liang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Liang; Department of Pediatrics; Far Eastern Memorial Hospital; No. 21, Nanya South R.; Sec. 2, Panchiao City; Taipei, Taiwan 22060

Received 18 January 2005 ,Accepted 22 June 2005.

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PII: S0887-8994(05)00498-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.06.017

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 228-230 , March 2006

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