Neurological level at birth predicts survival to the mid-40s and urological deaths in open spina bifida: A complete prospective cohort study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 634-638

  Oakeshott, Pippa ^a   Reid, Fiona ^b   Poulton, Alison ^c   Markus, Hugh ^d   Whitaker, Robert H ^e   Hunt, Gillian M ^f  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e SELWYN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIRTH; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SURVIVOR; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 84930764158     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12698     Document Type: Article

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