Functional motor outcome in children with myelomeningocele: Correlation with anatomic level on prenatal ultrasound

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 675-680

  Coniglio, Susan J ^a   Anderson, Susan M ^a   Ferguson II, James E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029901041     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12137.x     Document Type: Article

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