Gastric bypass: A risk factor for neural tube defects? Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 406-409

  Moliterno, Jennifer A ^a   DiLuna, Michael L ^a   Sood, Shreya ^a   Roberts, Kurt E ^a   Duncan, Charles C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass surgery; Neural tube defect; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIRTH; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; ULTRASOUND; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOCELE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43449094343     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/5/406     Document Type: Article

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