Triple neural tube defect and the multisite closure theory for neural tube defects: Is there an additional site? Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-163

  Srinivas, Dwarakanath ^a   Sharma, Bhavani Shankar ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Multisite closure theory; Pediatric neurosurgery; Triple neural tube defect

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEURULATION; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 40849094737     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/2/160     Document Type: Article

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