Neural tube defects

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 389-419

  Kaufman, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; DYSRAPHISM; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LONG TERM CARE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERINATAL PERIOD; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 1842557803     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(03)00207-4     Document Type: Review

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