Fetal myelomeningocele: Natural history, pathophysiology, and in-utero intervention

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Adzick, N Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Prenatal diagnosis; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABOR; LAMINECTOMY; LEG MOVEMENT; MACACA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA;

EID: 74449089885     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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