Myelomeningocele and pregnancy: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1176-1178

  Blasi, Immacolata ^a   Ferrari, Adriano ^b   Comitini, Giuseppina ^a   Vinci, Valeria ^c   Abrate, Martino ^a   La Sala, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^b Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myelomeningocele; Pregnancy; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ATOSIBAN; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG CAPACITY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCAPNIA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CURVATURES;

EID: 84862850645     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.599459     Document Type: Review

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