In spina bifida aperta, muscle ultrasound can quantify the "second hit of damage"

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 469-474

  Verbeek, R J ^a   Van Der Hoeven, J H ^a   Maurits, N M ^a   Brouwer, O F ^a   Hoving, E W ^a   Sival, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Muscle damage; Muscle ultrasound density; Myelomeningocele; Second hit hypothesis; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG MUSCLE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ULTRASOUND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA APERTA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 84878498705     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1947-x     Document Type: Article

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