Controversies in the treatment of neural tube defects with neurological deterioration

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-301

  Liptak, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari deformity; Child; Cohort studies; Meningomyelocele; Randomized controlled trials; Spina bifida occulta; Syringomyelia; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; SYRINGOMYELIA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0032408031     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1998)4:4<296::AID-MRDD9>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Review

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