Open spina bifida: Birth findings predict long-term outcome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-476

  Oakeshott, Pippa ^a   Hunt, Gillian M ^b   Poulton, Alison ^c   Reid, Fiona ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Sydney ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVOR; TELECONSULTATION; UMBILICUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860351013     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300624     Document Type: Article

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