Myelomeningocele: Characterization of a surgically induced sheep model and its central nervous system similarities and differences to the human disease

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1456-1462

  Von Koch, Cornelia S ^a,b   Compagnone, Nathalie ^a   Hirose, Shinjiro ^a,b   Yoder, Suzanne ^b   Harrison, Michael R ^a,b   Farmer, Diana L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari malformation; Fetal surgery; Hindbrain herniation; Myelomeningocele; Sheep; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SHEEP;

EID: 25844443761     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.02.110     Document Type: Article

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