Diagnosis of congenital hydrocephalus and delivery of its patients in Japan

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Moritake, Kouzo ^a   Nagai, Hidemasa ^a   Nagasako, Noriko ^a   Yamasaki, Mami ^b   Oi, Shizuo ^c   Hata, Toshiyuki ^d  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital hydrocephalus; Delivery; Diagnosis; Japan; Nationwide survey

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DEATH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; JAPAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42649143270     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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