19-Year follow-up of fetal myelomeningocele brought to term

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-14

  Liu, S L ^a   Shurtleff, D B ^a   Ellenbogen, R G ^a   Loeser, J D ^a   Kropp, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cesarean; Hydromyelia; Hypoplasia; Meningomyelocele; Myelomeningocele; Spina Bifida; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROMYELIA; HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0033377518     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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