Reduced hindbrain herniation after intrauterine myelomeningocele repair: A report of four cases

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 274-278

  Tulipan, Noel ^a   Hernanz Schulman, Marta ^a   Bruner, Joseph P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Folic acid; Meningomyelocele; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HERNIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032409922     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028735     Document Type: Article

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