Foetal surgery for spina bifida

Seminars in Neonatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-205

  Walsh, Danielle S ^a,b   Adzick, N Scott ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foetal surgery; Myelomeningocele; Prenatal diagnosis; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS MOVEMENT; FETUS SURGERY; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SIDE EFFECT; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD LESION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0041846551     PISSN: 10842756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-2756(03)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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