Morphometric analysis of posterior fossa after in utero myelomeningocele repair

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 362-368

  Grant, Ryan A ^a   Heuer, Gregory G ^b   Carrión, Geneive M ^b   Adzick, N Scott ^c   Schwartz, Erin S ^c   Stein, Sherman C ^b   Storm, Phillip B ^b,c   Sutton, Leslie N ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; In utero fetal repair; Myelomeningocele; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS SURGERY; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROSURGERY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PONS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSIL HERNIATION;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PONS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 79953829638     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.PEDS10234     Document Type: Article

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