Natural course of brainstem auditory evoked potentials in infants less than 6 months old with asymptomatic meningomyelocele

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 227-232

  Fujii, Motoharu ^a   Tornita, Tadanori ^b   Mc Lone, David G ^b   Grant, John A ^b   Mori, Koreaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem auditory evoked Potentials; Chiari II malformation; Meningomyelocele, infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030391123     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121130     Document Type: Article

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