Effects of birth advancement in Chiari malformation in a surgical myelomeningocele model in rabbits

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 594-599

  Fontecha, Cesar G ^a   Aguire, Marius ^a   Soldado, Francisco ^a   Peiro, Jose L ^a   Toran, Nuria ^a   Vidal, Nuria ^a   Martinez, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal therapy; Neural tube defect; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH ADVANCEMENT; BRAIN HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BETAMETHASONE; CEREBELLUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649205277     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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