Upper level of the spina bifida defect: How good are we?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 612-617

  Bruner, J P ^a   Tulipan, N ^a   Dabrowiak, M E ^a   Luker, K S ^a   Walters, K ^a   Burns, P ^a   Reed, G ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele; Prenatal diagnosis; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYSTEROTOMY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 8844232672     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1781     Document Type: Article

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