Ultrasonographic determination of neonatal spinal canal depth

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Arthurs, O J ^a   Murray, M ^a   Zubier, M ^a   Tooley, J ^b   Kelsall, W ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOMOGRAM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 55349141113     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.129221     Document Type: Article

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