Items for "neural tube defect"

Spina bifida – a follow-up study of neonates born from 1991 to 2001

Aims. To follow the development of children born with myelomeningocoele.

Methods. We followed 54 infants born with myelomeningocele between 1991 and 2001 in the Obstetrical Department of the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.

Results. The mortality rate for live births was 40.8%...

Keywords: diagnosis, fetus, follow-up, myelomeningocele, neural tube defect, spina bifida