Congenital myelomeningocele - do we have to change our management?

Cerebrospinal Fluid Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mayer, Steffi ^a   Weisser, Margit ^a   Till, Holger ^a   Gräfe, Gerd ^a   Geyer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 77957805755     PISSN: 17438454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8454-7-17     Document Type: Article

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