Diagnosis and prevention of neural tube defects

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 461-464

  Birnbacher, Robert ^a   Messerschmidt, Agnes M ^a   Pollak, Arnold P ^a  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Folic acid; MRI; Neural tube defect; Prevention; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036854097     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200211000-00002     Document Type: Review

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