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Topics
Kibar Z, Torban E, McDearmid JR, Reynolds A, Berghout J, Mathieu M, Kirillova I, De Marco P, Merello E, Hayes JM, Wallingford JB, Drapeau P, Capra V, Gros P., Mutations in VANGL1 Associated with Neural-Tube Defects. New England Journal of Medicine; 2007 Apr 5;356(14):1432-7
Harris MJ, Juriloff DM. Mouse mutants with neural tube closure defects and their role in understanding human neural tube defects. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2007 Mar;79(3):187-210.
Rat E, Billaut-Laden I, Allorge D, Lo-Guidice JM, Tellier M, Cauffiez C, Jonckheere N, van Seuningen I, Lhermitte M, Romano A, Guéant JL, Broly F. Evidence for a functional genetic polymorphism of the human retinoic acid-metabolizing enzyme CYP26A1, an enzyme that may be involved in spina bifida. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2006 Jun;76(6):491-8.
Growth Hormone Deficiency / Precocious Puberty
Trollmann R, Bakker B, Lundberg M, Doerr HG. Growth in pre-pubertal children with myelomeningocele (MMC) on growth hormone (GH): the KIGS experience. Pediatric Rehabilitation. 2006 Apr-Jun;9(2):144-8.
Rotenstein D, Bass AN. Treatment to near adult stature of patients with myelomeningocele with recombinant human growth hormone. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2004 Sep;17(9):1195-200.
Hochhaus F, Butenandt O, Schwarz HP, Ring-Mrozik E. Auxological and endocrinological evaluation of children with hydrocephalus zand/or meningomyelocele. European Journal of Pediatrics. 1997 Aug;156(8):597-601.
Rotenstein D, Breen TJ. Growth hormone treatment of children with myelomeningocele. Journal of Pediatrics. 1996 May;128(5 Pt 2):S28-31.
Rotenstein D, Reigel DH. Growth hormone treatment of children with neural tube defects: results from 6 months to 6 years. Journal of Pediatrics. 1996 Feb;128(2):184-9.
Latex Allergy
Eiwegger T, Dehlink E, Schwindt J, Pomberger G, Reider N, Frigo E, Rokitansky AM, Urbanek R, Szépfalusi Z. Early exposure to latex products mediates latex sensitization in spina bifida but not in other diseases with comparable latex exposure rates. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 2006 Oct;36(10):1242-6.
Dauvilliers Y, Stal V, Abril B, Coubes P, Bobin S, Touchon J, Escourrou P, Parker F, Bourgin P. Chiari malformation and sleep related breathing disorders. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 2007 Mar 30; [Epub ahead of print]
Kirk VG, Morielli A, Gozal D, Marcus CL, Waters KA, D'Andrea LA, Rosen CL, Deray MJ, Brouillette RT. Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in children with myelomeningocele. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2000 Dec;30(6):445-52.
Kirk VG, Morielli A, Brouillette RT. Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with myelomeningocele: the missed diagnosis. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 1999 Jan;41(1):40-3.
Waters KA, Forbes P, Morielli A, Hum C, O'Gorman AM, Vernet O, Davis GM, Tewfik TL, Ducharme FM, Brouillette RT. Sleep-disordered breathing in children with myelomeningocele. Journal of Pediatrics. 1998 Apr;132(4):672-81.
Urological
Dik P, Klijn AJ, van Gool JD, de Jong-de Vos van Steenwijk CC, de Jong TP. Early start to therapy preserves kidney function in spina bifida patients. European Urology. 2006 May;49(5):908-13.
Campbell JB, Moore KN, Voaklander DC, Mix LW. Complications associated with clean intermittent catheterization in children with spina bifida. Journal of Urololgy. 2004 Jun;171(6 Pt 1):2420-2.
Hopps CV, Kropp KA. Preservation of renal function in children with myelomeningocele managed with basic newborn evaluation and close followup. Journal of Urololgy. 2003 Jan;169(1):305-8.
Miscellaneous
Ozaras N, Yalcin S, Ofluoglu D, Gureri B, Cabukoglu C, Erol B. Are some cases of spina bifida combined with cerebral palsy? A study of 28 cases. Europa Medicophysica. 2005 Sep;41(3):239-42.