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- Title
Role of prenatal ultrasound in predicting survival and mental and motor functioning in children with spina bifida.
- Authors
van der Vossen, S.; Pistorius, L. R.; Mulder, E. J. H.; Platenkamp, M.; Stoutenbeek, P.; Visser, G. H. A.; Gooskens, R. H. J. M.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which aims to determine which prenatal ultrasound findings can predict the survival and mental and motor functioning of children with spina bifida. The study uses sample of 41 live-born children who were prenatally diagnosed with spina bifida. Results of the study show that lesion levels and head circumference on prenatal ultrasound are predictive factors to survival of children with spina bifida.
- Subjects
SPINA bifida; PRENATAL diagnosis; DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging; JUVENILE diseases; NEURAL tube defects
- Publication
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2009, Vol 34, Issue 3, p253
- ISSN
0960-7692
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/uog.6423