Nationwide survey of the etiology and associated conditions of prenatally and postnatally diagnosed congenital hydrocephalus in Japan

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 448-452

  Moritake, Kouzo ^a   Nagai, Hidemasa ^a   Miyazaki, Takeshi ^a   Nagasako, Noriko ^a   Yamasaki, Mami ^b   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^c  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital hydrocephalus; Etiology; Fetal hydrocephalus; Japan; Nationwide survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; JAPAN; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 35648947848     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.448     Document Type: Article

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