Central nervous system findings on fetal magnetic resonance imaging and outcomes in children with spina bifida

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-329

  Chao, Tamara T ^a   Dashe, Jodi S ^a   Adams, Richard C ^a   Keefover Hicks, Amy ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Twickler, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HERNIA; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SPINA BIFIDA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALOCELE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955157087     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e666e8     Document Type: Article

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