The incidence and spectrum of central nervous system malformations in newborns over a decade (2001-2010) in the Central Region of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1137-1142

  Hakami, Wejdan S ^a   Majeed Saidan, Muhammad A ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 81755181861     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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