Fetal myelomeningocele repair: The post-MOMS experience at the children's hospital of Philadelphia

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-240

  Moldenhauer, Julie S ^a   Soni, Shelly ^a   Rintoul, Natalie E ^a   Spinner, Susan S ^a   Khalek, Nahla ^a   Martinez Poyer, Juan ^a   Flake, Alan W ^a   Hedrick, Holly L ^a   Peranteau, William H ^a   Rendon, Norma ^a   Koh, Jamie ^a   Howell, Lori J ^a   Heuer, Gregory G ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a   Adzick, N Scott ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele; Myeloschisis; Neural tube defect; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PHILADELPHIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926409281     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365353     Document Type: Review

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