Triple neural tube defect - Cranium bifidum with rostral and caudal spina bifida - Live evidence of multi-site closure of the neural tube in humans

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-335

  Tekkök, Ismail H ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Encephalocele; Myelomeningocele; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL MALFORMATION; SPINA BIFIDA; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; REVIEW LITERATURE; SKULL; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 17044379020     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1027-y     Document Type: Review

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