Role of prenatal ultrasound in predicting survival and mental and motor functioning in children with spina bifida

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-258

  Van Der Vossen, S ^a   Pistorius, L R ^a   Mulder, E J H ^a   Platenkamp, M ^a   Stoutenbeek, P ^a   Visser, G H A ^a   Gooskens, R H J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child development; Follow up studies; Neurodevelopment; Prenatal; Spinal dysraphism; Survival; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PES EQUINOVARUS; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 69949083480     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6423     Document Type: Article

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