Improved survival among children with spina bifida in the United States.

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Published in J Pediatr on June 23, 2012

Authors

Mikyong Shin1, James E Kucik, Csaba Siffel, Chengxing Lu, Gary M Shaw, Mark A Canfield, Adolfo Correa

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and, Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Fetoscopic Repair of Isolated Fetal Spina Bifida | NCT03090633

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