Prenatal covering of the spinal cord decreases neurologic sequelae in a myelomeningocele model

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1125-1129

  Juliá, Victoria ^a   Sancho, María A ^a   Albert, Asteria ^a   Conill, Juan ^b   Martínez, Antoni ^c   Grande, Carme ^a   Morales, Luís ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Experimental surgery; Fetal surgery; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; EMBRYO; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FETAL DISEASES; HINDLIMB; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33744912475     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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