Fetal spine findings on MRI and associated outcomes in children with open neural tube defects

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

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

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

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c University of Texas at   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood outcomes; MRI; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SEIZURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WHEELCHAIR;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 80054925113     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6745     Document Type: Article

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