In vitro high-field magnetic resonance imaging-documented anatomy of a fetal myelomeningocele at 20 weeks' gestation. A contribution to the rationale of intrauterine surgical repair of spina bifida

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 210-214

  Beuls, Emile A M ^a   Vanormelingen, Linda ^b   Van Aalst, Jasper ^b   Vandersteen, Marjan ^b   Adriaensen, Peter ^b   Cornips, Erwin M J ^b   Vles, Hans J S ^b   Gelan, Jan ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal myelomeningocele; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MESODERM; NEURULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION;

EID: 0037345792     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2003.98.2.0210     Document Type: Article

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