Simplified correction of a meningomyelocele-like defect in the ovine fetus

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Abou Jamra, Rogério Chaccur ^c   Valente, Paulo Roberto ^a   Araújo, Andrezza ^c   Oliveira, Rita De Cássia Sanchez ^b   Saldiva, Paulo Hilário ^b   Pedreira, Denise Araújo Lapa ^b,c  

^a IDPC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disease models, animal; Fetal therapies; Meningomyelocele; Sheep; Spinal dysraphism; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROSCOPY; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; SHEEP; SKIN DEFECT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 67649809821     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502009000300014     Document Type: Article

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