Increased perinatal intracranial pressure and brainstem dysfunction predict early puberty in boys with myelomeningocele

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1368-1372

  Proos, Lemm A ^a   Tuvemo, Torsten ^a   Ahlsten, Gunnar ^a   Gustafsson, Jan ^a   Dahl, Margareta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brainstem dysfunction; Early puberty; Intracranial pressure; Myelomeningocele; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHILD; CRANIAL SUTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING; FONTANEL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN STEM; CHILD; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80955178791     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02335.x     Document Type: Article

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