Fetal ventriculomegaly: Prognosis in cases in which prenatal neurosurgical consultation was sought

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Chang, Sub Lee ^b   Seok, Ho Hong ^b   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^b   Joong, Shin Park ^b   Jun, Jong Kwan ^b   Bo, Hyun Yoon ^b   Lee, Young Ho ^b   Son, Moon Shin ^b   Yeon, Kyung Lee ^b   Cho, Byung Kyu ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Developmental delay; Pediatric neurosurgery; Prognosis; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FETAL VENTRICULOMEGALY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROSURGERY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33845700356     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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