Open fetal surgery for myelomeningocele

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 689-694

  Bebbington, Michael W ^a   Danzer, Enrico ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a   Adzick, N Scott ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele; Pregnancy outcomes; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYSTEROTOMY; INJURY; LIPOMYELOMENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MESENCHYME CELL; MYELOCYSTOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN FETAL SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959332671     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2805     Document Type: Review

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