Acquired spinal cord injury in human fetuses with myelomeningocele

Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 701-712

  Hutchins, Grover M ^a   Meuli, Martin ^b   Jordan, Mary Ann ^a   Heffez, Dan S ^c   Blakemore, Karin J ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; birth injury; dysraphia; fetal surgery; meninges; myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0029784918     PISSN: 10771042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/107710496175327     Document Type: Article

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