Nonneural congenital abnormalities concurring with myelomeningocele: Report of 17 cases and review of current theories

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 353-359

  Baradaran, Nima ^a   Ahmadi, Hamed ^a   Nejat, Farideh ^a,c   El Khashab, Mostafa ^b   Mahdavi, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Embryology; Myelomeningocele, associated anomalies

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENCEPHALOCELE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OMPHALOCELE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49249116044     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000149900     Document Type: Article

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