Pediatric Neurology
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 111-116 , August 2002

Neurodevelopmental outcome in children with fetal hydrocephalus

  • Yasuyuki Futagi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Futagi; Division of Pediatric Neurology; Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health; 840 Murodo-cho; Izumi; Osaka 594-1101, Japan.
    • Division of Pediatric Neurology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health; Osaka, Japan
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  • Yasuhiro Suzuki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Neurology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health; Osaka, Japan
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  • Yasuhisa Toribe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Neurology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health; Osaka, Japan
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  • Kazuyoshi Morimoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan

Received 27 August 2001 ,Accepted 4 February 2002.

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