Encephalocoele - Epidemiological variance in New Zealand

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 557-558

  Monteith, Stephen J ^a   Heppner, Peter A ^a,b   Law, Andrew J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cephalocele; Encephalocoele; Epidemiology; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX RATIO;

BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENCEPHALOCELE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKULL;

EID: 22944474282     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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