Myelomeningocele: Prenatal diagnosis, pathophysiology and management

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-174

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

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SHUNTING; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0042129872     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-8586(03)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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