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Preferred Name

Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
Synonyms

Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome

Spinal Cord Syndrome

Tethered Cord

Definitions

A progressive neurological disorder characterized by the limitation of movement of the spinal cord within the spine. It is caused by the presence of congenital or acquired tissue attachments in the spinal cord. Signs and symptoms include low back pain, scoliosis, weakness in the legs, and incontinence.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C99080

code

C99080

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C99147

Contributing_Source

NICHD

DEFINITION

A progressive neurological disorder characterized by the limitation of movement of the spinal cord within the spine. It is caused by the presence of congenital or acquired tissue attachments in the spinal cord. Signs and symptoms include low back pain, scoliosis, weakness in the legs, and incontinence.

FULL_SYN

Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome

Spinal Cord Syndrome

Tethered Cord

label

Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome

Preferred_Name

Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C99080

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C3277712

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28193

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