Outcome of patients with meningomyelocelel: The Ege University experience

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 120-123

  Mirzai, Hasan ^a   Erşahin, Yusuf ^a,b   Mutluer, Saffet ^a   Kayahan, Ayşen ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Infant; Meningomyelocele; Neural tube defect; Newborn; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DISABILITY; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031596563     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050192     Document Type: Article

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