Prenatal course and outcome in 103 cases of fetal spina bifida: A single center experience

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1276-1283

  Amari, Feriel ^a   Junkers, Wiebe ^a   Hartge, David ^a   Beyer, Daniel Alexander ^a   Axt Fliedner, Roland ^a   Weichert, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neural tube defect; Outcome; Prenatal diagnosis; Spina bifida; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA; WHEELCHAIR;

FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 77956806388     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.512062     Document Type: Article

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