Creation of myelomeningocele in the fetal rabbit

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 275-279

  Housley, H Tamiko ^a   Graf, Joy L ^a   Lipshultz, Gerald S ^a   Calvano, Christopher J ^a   Harrison, Michael R ^a,b   Farmer, Diana L ^a   Jennings, Russel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0033823168     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021021     Document Type: Article

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