Non-selective intervention in newborn babies with open Spina Bifida: The outcome 30 years on for the complete cohort

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-8

  Hunt, Gillian M ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEWBORN; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; MORTALITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17344387419     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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