Low-risk lumbar skin stigmata in infants: The role of ultrasound screening

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 864-869

  Ben Sira, Liat ^a   Ponger, Penina ^a   Miller, Elka ^a   Beni Adani, Liana ^a   Constantini, Shlomi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73949130361     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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