Antenatal neurosurgical counseling: Approach to the unborn patient

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 491-505

  Hansen, Anne R ^a,b   Madsen, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

AMNIOCENTESIS; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONSULTATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATERNAL SERUM; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROSURGERY; PARENT COUNSELING; PORENCEPHALY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; REVIEW; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 1842453183     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(03)00209-8     Document Type: Review

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