Factors affecting the outcome of foetal hydrocephaly

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1121-1125

  Jamjoom, A B ^a   Khalaf, N F ^a   Mohammed, A A ^a   Jamjoom, Z A B ^a   Kashoggi, T Y ^a   Abdelbasit, O B ^a   Rahman, Naim Ur ^a  

^a SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Diagnosis; Foetal hydrocephaly; Foetal ventriculomegaly; Hydrocephalus; Intra uterine hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABOR; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL RATE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031787385     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050225     Document Type: Article

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