Lower extremity neuromotor function and short-term ambulatory potential following in utero myelomeningocele surgery

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-53

  Danzer, Enrico ^a   Gerdes, Marsha ^a   Bebbington, Michael W ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^a   Melchionni, Jeanne ^a   Adzick, N Scott ^a   Wilson, R Douglas ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele; Neuromotor function; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; THORACIC SPINE; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 58649087159     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000197359     Document Type: Article

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