Does prenatal surgical repair of myelomeningoceles lead to better school-age outcomes?

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¹ NewYork- Presbyterian Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, Division of Neonatology and Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, USA. fak9024@nyp.org.
² NewYork- Presbyterian Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, Division of Neonatology and Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, USA.

Comment

Faith Kim et al. J Perinatol. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;41(8):2104-2107.

doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00903-9. Epub 2020 Dec 17.

¹ NewYork- Presbyterian Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, Division of Neonatology and Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, USA. fak9024@nyp.org.
² NewYork- Presbyterian Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, Division of Neonatology and Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, USA.

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Correction to: Does prenatal surgical repair of myelomeningoceles lead to better school-age outcomes?
Kim F, Bateman DA, Garey DM. Kim F, et al. J Perinatol. 2021 Oct;41(10):2574. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01063-0. J Perinatol. 2021. PMID: 34017062 No abstract available.

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Prenatal Repair of Myelomeningocele and School-age Functional Outcomes.
Houtrow AJ, Thom EA, Fletcher JM, Burrows PK, Adzick NS, Thomas NH, Brock JW 3rd, Cooper T, Lee H, Bilaniuk L, Glenn OA, Pruthi S, MacPherson C, Farmer DL, Johnson MP, Howell LJ, Gupta N, Walker WO. Houtrow AJ, et al. Pediatrics. 2020 Feb;145(2):e20191544. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1544. Pediatrics. 2020. PMID: 31980545 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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