Spina bifida
Spina bifida
... The transitional urology clinic should be part of a tertiary referral centre. We suggest the creation, to the extent that it is possible, of a comprehensive database including all spina bifida patients ...
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A unifying hypothesis for hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, anencephaly and spina bifida
... artificial spina bifida lesion [34], and may elevate following intrauterine repair ...and spina bifida, and posterior fossa size does not correlate with the degree of cerebellar herniation in ...
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Living conditions and level of independence of adult Spina Bifida patients in Germany
... Spina bifida (SB) is a spinal dysraphism caused by an incomplete closure of the neural tube in early embryonic stage. It results in diverse neural damage and is often associated with hydrocephalus, bladder ...
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Parents' psychological adjustment in families of children with Spina Bifida: a meta-analysis
... Background: Spina Bifida (SB) is the second most common birth defect worldwide. Since the chances of survival in children with severe SB-forms have increased, medical care has shifted its emphasis from ...
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Decline in the Prevalence of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly by Race/Ethnicity: 1995–2002
... of spina bifida, strat- ified by racial/ethnic category, in the pre–, optional, and mandatory folic acid fortification time ...of spina bifida was observed among Hispanic births, and the ...
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Living with spina bifida: the view of people aged between 18 and 33
... of spina bifida are dominated by reports from health staff, who mainly see people with spina bifida when they are ...with spina bifida, and they can have over-negative ...with ...
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Marjolin's ulcers: theories, prognostic factors and their peculiarities in spina bifida patients
... with spina bifida surviving into adulthood in rural Kenya is growing because of improved health education, care as well as an increas- ingly supportive environment ...
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Finite element investigation of the effect of spina bifida on loading of the vertebral isthmus
... dimensional model was adapted to mimic the spina bifida occulta condition by removing a section of the L5 vertebral arch and spinous process, as illustrated in Figure 2. The sacral slope which represents ...
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Home screening for bacteriuria in children with spina bifida and clean intermittent catheterization
... The aim of the present study was to evaluate the reli- ability of the LET and dip slide in children with spina bifida. Children with clinical symptoms of UTI partici- pated in a parallel study, and were not ...
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CHKA and PCYT1Agene polymorphisms, choline intake and spina bifida risk in a California population
... and spina bifida risk ...of spina bifida were found for CHKA SNP hCV1562388, and increased risks were found for SNP ...affect spina bifida risk independently or through some ...
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SPINA BIFIDA, FOLATE METABOLISM, AND DIETARY FOLATE INTAKE IN A NORTHERN CANADIAN ABORIGINAL POPULATION
... After more than 20 years of studies, it is now evident that 50-75% of neural tube defects (as well as other birth defects (32-35) can be prevented with the use of periconceptional folate. In studies of al- terations in ...
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Air toxics and birth defects: a Bayesian hierarchical approach to evaluate multiple pollutants and spina bifida
... 533 spina bifida cases were available for ...of spina bifida cases were more likely to be Hispanic and to have been born in Mexico compared to mothers of controls (p = ...
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Pyonephrosis and urosepsis in a 41-year old patient with spina bifida: Case report of a preventable death
... adult spina bifida patients, serum creatinine, ultrasound and urodynamics should be performed annually and these tests represent currently the best tools ...with spina bifida, Dik and ...
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Memory and selective learning in children with spina bifida-myelomeningocele and shunted hydrocephalus: A preliminary study
... In summary, mood, anxiety, language and its various sub- system components, cognition (attention, abstract rea- soning), temperament, family and environmental variables, and underlying autonomic instability have all been ...
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The influence of antibiotic prophylaxis on bacterial resistance in urinary tract infections in children with spina bifida
... (spina bifida) known at the outpatient clinics of Wilhelmina’s Children’s Hospital in Utrecht, the Netherlands and Gasthuisberg University Hospital in Leuven, Belgium were eligible for inclusion in the ...
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A reproductive history of mothers with spina bifida offspring-a new look at old issues
... The reproductive history of this high-risk NTD group of mothers indicates many abnormal characteristics. In addi- tion to the presence of NTD offspring, the preponderance of females among affected and unaffected ...
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A cost-of-illness study of spina bifida in Italy
... Spida Bifida (Associazione Spina Bifida Italia and Walter Vinci Onlus), it is important to consider the evaluation of the quality of life in SB patients and the extent of the commitment of SB ...
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Health related quality of life in paediatric spina bifida
... Lumpur (UKMMC) and Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar Seremban (HTJS) between 2013 and 2016. These children with spina bifida have regular follow-up examinations every 3-6 months in these two centres. All patients ...
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Spina Bifida: Pathogenesis, Mechanisms, and Genes in Mice and Humans
... adhered. Spina bifida occulta in humans is usually accompanied by various physical abnormalities such as lipoma, rachischisis, hair tufts, ectodermal sinuses, skin pigmentation, or ...diastematomyelia) ...
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THE FAMILY HISTORY OF SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA
... Of 1,256 siblings 85 or 6.8% had gross malformation of the central nervous system: spina bifida cystica in 54, anencephaly in 22, and uncomplicated hydrocephalus in 9. There was a progre[r] ...
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