Anthropometric measurements as an indicator of nutritional status in spina bifida patients undergoing enterocystoplasty

OBJECTIVE: To use anthropometric measurements to compare nutritional status in children with neurogenic bladder dysfunction secondary to meningomyelocele who underwent enterocystoplasty and those who did not undergo surgery. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted in 20 children, divided into tw...

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Main Authors: Silvia Ferraz Ayrosa Ponte, Atila Rondon, Herick Bacelar, Eulalio Damazio, Sandra Maria Lima Ribeiro, Gilmar Garrone, Valdemar Ortiz, Antonio Macedo Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082013000200006&lng=en&tlng=en