Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 587-591

  Sutton, Leslie N ^a   Adzick, N Scott ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FETUS; FETUS RISK; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141520465     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0787-0     Document Type: Article

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