Management of neural tube defects in a Sub-Saharan African country: The situation in Yaounde, Cameroon

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 29-32

  Djientcheu, Vincent de Paul ^a   Njamnshi, Alfred Kongnyu ^a   Wonkam, Ambroise ^b   Njiki, Julie ^c   Guemse, Mohamadou ^c   Mbu, Robinson ^a   Obama, Marie Thérèse ^d   Takongmo, Samuel ^d   Kago, Innocent ^c   Tetanye, Ekoe ^e   Tietche, Felix ^c  

^a YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b Gynaecology Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^c The Chantal Biya Foundation Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^d University Hospital Center of Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Management; Neutral tube defects; Spina bifida; Sub Sahara Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAMEROON; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHUNT INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINA BIFIDA; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

CAMEROON; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55649091018     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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