Fetal myelomeningocele and the potential in-utero repair: Follow-up of 58 fetuses;Evolução de 58 fetos com meningomielocele e o potencial de reparo intra-útero

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 2 B, 2004, Pages 487-491

  Sbragia, Lourenço ^a,b,f   Machado, Isabela Nelly ^a,c   Braidos Rojas, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Zambelli, Helder ^a,d   Lopes Miranda, Márcio ^a,b   Bianchi, Maria Otília ^a,e   Barini, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Cirurgia Pediatrica   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Tocoginecologia   (Brazil)

^d Departamento de Neurociências

^e Divisão de Neonatologia

^f FCM/UNICAMP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Hydrocephaly; Myelomeningocele; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3142743423     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000300020     Document Type: Article

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