Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal outcome of fetal spinal defects without Arnold–Chiari II malformation

To determine the prenatal evolution/natural history and postnatal outcome of fetuses diagnosed with a neural tube defect (NTD) lacking the Arnold–Chiari‐II malformation (ACM II).

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