Cause of death in children with meningomyelocele or hydrocephalus.
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Cause of death in children with meningomyelocele or hydrocephalus.
Meningomyelocele is one of the most important congenital abnormalities, and is often associated with hydrocephalus. A recent survey (Eckstein and Macnab, 1966) showed that the mortality rate with modem treatment had faUen from about 50% in 1958 to about 20% at present. The purpose of this report is to review the causes of death in a combined series of 1091 patients with meningomyelocele or hydr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.42.222.163