Neurological congenital malformations in a tertiary hospital in south Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 3 B, 2009, Pages 807-811

  Guardiola, Ana ^a,b   Koltermann, Vanessa ^a   Aguiar, Paula Musa ^a   Grossi, Sérgio Pilla ^a,b   Fleck, Valéria ^c   Pereira, Elisabeth C ^c   Pellanda, Lúcia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia   (Brazil)

^c ECLAMC (Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations)   (Brazil)

^d PROCAD Cardiology Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Neural tube defects; Neurological malformations; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; APGAR SCORE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUBFOOT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DATA BASE; ENCEFALOCELE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTELORISM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGOMIELOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROCEPHALY; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; REGISTER; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPINA BIFIDA; SQUIZENCEPHALY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 71949093104     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000500005     Document Type: Article

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