Neural tube defects and associated anomalies in a fetal and perinatal autopsy series

APMIS

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-246

  Nielsen, Ljudmilla A G ^a   Maroun, Lisa Leth ^a   Broholm, Helle ^a   Laursen, Henning ^a   Graem, Niels ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fetal malformation; Neural tube defects; Organ weights

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL DISEASE; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEPHALOCELE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DENMARK; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYNDROME; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ANENCEPHALY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 33646523807     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_325.x     Document Type: Article

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