Reproductive health care for women with spina bifida

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1875-1883

  Jackson, Amie B ^a   Mott, Pamela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Females; Hydrocephalus; Meningomyelocele; Reproductive health; Spina bifida; Women

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENCE; AGING; ANATOMY; ATTENTION; BIRTH CONTROL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC RISK; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SPINA BIFIDA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38149021554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.304     Document Type: Review

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