Fetal Surgery for Myelomeningocele

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 431-438

  Hirose, Shinjiro ^a   Farmer, Diana L ^a  

^a Fetal Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Shunt

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3;

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; GENE MUTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67549142684     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.03.008     Document Type: Review

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