In utero meconium passage in fetuses and newborns with myelomeningocele: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Danzer, Enrico ^b   Ernst, Linda M ^b   Rintoul, Natalie E ^b   Johnson, Mark P ^b   Adzick, N Scott ^b   Flake, Alan W ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Meconium histiocytosis; Myelomeningocele; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65249161724     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.10.PEDS08199     Document Type: Article

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