The spinal cord lesion in human fetuses with myelomeningocele: Implications for fetal surgery

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 448-452

  Meuli, Martin ^a   Meuli Simmen, Claudia ^b   Hutchins, Grover M ^b   Seller, Mary J ^b   Harrison, Michael R ^b   Adzick, N Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autopsy; fetal diseases; in utero surgery

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD LESION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0030961616     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90603-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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