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Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Nov;63(11):1243-1244. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15019. Epub 2021 Aug 14.

Fetal surgery for spina bifida: a great success story in surgical innovation.

Developmental medicine and child neurology

Luc Joyeux, Michael A Belfort

Affiliations

  1. MyFetUZ Fetal Research Center, Department of Development and Regeneration, Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Woman and Child, Fetal Medicine Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
  3. Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

PMID: 34390595 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15019

[No abstract available.]

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