Axial skeleton and pituitary gland in human fetuses with spina bifida and cranial encephalocele

Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 909-926

  Kjaer, Inger ^a   Hansen, Birgit Fischer ^b   Keeling, Jean W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anencephaly; neural tube; notochord; pituitary gland; radiography; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; ENCEPHALOCELE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 0029808499     PISSN: 10771042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513819609168714     Document Type: Article

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