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

Journal of Perinatology volume 41, pages 2104–2107 (2021)Cite this article

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Manuscript citation: Houtrow AJ, Thom EA, Fletcher JM, Burrows PK, Adzick NS, Thomas NH, et al. Prenatal repair of myelomeningocele and school-age functional outcomes. Pediatrics 2020;145:e20191544.

Prognosis; exploratory secondary analysis of an interventional randomized controlled trial (RCT) entitled “A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele.” (MOMS1 trial).

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The Journal club is a collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics- Section of Neonatal Perinatal medicine and the International Society of Evidence- based neonatology (EBNEO.org).

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    Faith Kim, David A. Bateman & Donna M. Garey

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Kim, F., Bateman, D.A. & Garey, D.M. Does prenatal surgical repair of myelomeningoceles lead to better school-age outcomes?. J Perinatol 41, 2104–2107 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-020-00903-9

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