K. Michael Laurence

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Double-blind randomised controlled trial of folate treatment before conception to prevent recurrence of neural-tube defects. (1981) (591)
A family study of major central nervous system malformations in South Wales. (1968) (174)
The Natural History of Hydrocephalus (1962) (166)
Increased risk of recurrence of pregnancies complicated by fetal neural tube defects in mothers receiving poor diets, and possible benefit of dietary counselling. (1980) (126)
Antenatal Diagnosis of Spina Bifida (1973) (109)
Sequelae and support after termination of pregnancy for fetal malformation. (1985) (109)
Major central nervous system malformations in South Wales. II. Pregnancy factors, seasonal variation, and social class effects. (1968) (100)
The Effects of Hydrocephalus on Intelligence, Visual Perception and School Attainment (1975) (94)
Must a Family with a Handicapped Child be a Handicapped Family? (1974) (92)
Occasional Survey: EFFECT OF EARLY SURGERY FOR SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA ON SURVIVAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE (1974) (85)
Major central nervous system malformations in South Wales. I. Incidence, local variations and geographical factors. (1968) (81)
Natural History of Spina Bifida Cystica and Cranium Bifidum Cysticum (1971) (80)
IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS AND THE FOETUS (1976) (78)
Comparison of amniotic-fluid and maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein levels in the early antenatal diagnosis of spina bifida and anencephaly. (1974) (76)
Congenital pulmonary cystic lymphangiectasis. (1955) (74)
Heterogeneity of neural tube defects in Europe: the significance of site of defect and presence of other major anomalies in relation to geographic differences in prevalence. (1991) (74)
Spina bifida cystica and family stress. (1966) (70)
The Natural History of Spina Bifida Cystica (1964) (70)
Sitting height, fat-free mass and body fat as reference variables for lung function in healthy British children: comparison with stature. (1979) (67)
Lung volumes, ventilatory capacity, and transfer factor in healthy British boy and girl twins (1973) (62)
Some sources of stress found in mothers of spina bifida children. (1975) (60)
The Natural History of Hydrocephalus (1959) (60)
Anxiety during a crisis: emotional effects of screening for neural tube defects. (1984) (59)
Congenital absence of islets of Langerhans. (1977) (59)
Screening for neural‐tube defects and maternal anxiety (1982) (58)
Marital Stability Following the Birth of a Child with Spina Bifida (1977) (56)
The natural history of hydrocephalus. (1958) (55)
The Effect of Hypoxia and Hypoglycaemia on the Brain of the Newborn Human Infant (1974) (53)
DIAGNOSTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF ULTRASOUND IN DETECTION OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECT The South Wales Experience of 2509 Scans (1977-1982) in High-risk Mothers (1983) (51)
Effect of early surgery for spina bifida cystica on survival and quality of life. (1974) (49)
Continence, Friends, Marriage and Children in 51 Adults with Spina Bifida (1975) (49)
CONGENITAL PULMONARY LYMPHANGIECTASIS (1959) (48)
Neurological and intellectual sequelae of hydrocephalus. (1969) (47)
THE RELATIONSHIP IN ANENCEPHALY BETWEEN THE SIZE OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX AND THE LENGTH OF GESTATION (1969) (46)
Risks and prevention of cervical cord injury in the management of breech presentation with hyperextension of the fetal head. (1973) (46)
The impact of supportive intervention after second trimester termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality (1991) (43)
Chromosome aberrations after exposure to ultrasound. (1971) (39)
Comments on the Neu-Laxova syndrome and CAD complex. (1981) (39)
The Weissenbacher-Zweymüller, Stickler, and Marshall syndromes: further evidence for their identity. (1983) (39)
THE EFFICACY OF A SERUM SCREENING SERVICE FOR NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS: THE SOUTH WALES EXPERIENCE (1983) (38)
Hirschsprung's disease associated with congenital heart malformation, broad big toes, and ulnar polydactyly in sibs: a case for fetoscopy. (1975) (36)
The diagnosis of the choroid plexus papilloma of the lateral ventricle. (1961) (34)
Sanfilippo A disease in the fetus (1974) (32)
A Probable Case of Incomplete Trisomy of a Chromosome of the 13-15 Group (1965) (32)
A Case of Unilateral Megalencephaly (1964) (31)
ANTENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA (1979) (31)
Parental Estimates of the Intelligence of their Physically Handicapped Child (1974) (31)
Partial trisomy 12q: report of a case and review. (1981) (30)
The biology of choroid plexus papilloma in infancy and childhood (2005) (29)
Deletion of the long arms of the Y chromosome with normal male development and intelligence (1974) (29)
Folic acid to prevent neural tube defects (1991) (29)
Fetal malformations and abnormalities. (1974) (28)
Three new cases of oculodentodigital (ODD) syndrome: development of the facial phenotype. (1985) (28)
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia: reliability of amniotic fluid steroid analysis. (1987) (28)
The pathology of hydrocephalus. (1959) (27)
FETAL ADRENAL WEIGHT AND THE CAUSE OF PREMATURE DELIVERY IN HUMAN PREGNANCY (1971) (27)
Can we afford screening for neural tube defects? The South Wales experience. (1985) (26)
A CASE OF A MENTALLY DEFECTIVE MALE WITH XXYY SEX CHROMOSOME CONSTITUTION. (1963) (26)
The Ability and Attainments of Spina Bifida Patients born in South Wales between 1956–1962 (1972) (25)
Progressive degeneration of the cerebral cortex in infancy. (1968) (25)
MATERNAL SERUM ALPHA‐FETOPROTEIN SCREENING FOR OPEN NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS IN TWIN PREGNANCIES (1990) (25)
Further Thoughts on the Natural History of Hydrocephalus (1962) (24)
Prenatal Infection with Vaccinia Virus: Report of a Case (1962) (24)
Reply to Gal (1972) (23)
Letter: Antenatal diagnosis of spina bifida. (1973) (23)
Precision in estimating gestational age and its influence on sensitivity of alphafetoprotein screening. (1979) (23)
RAISED SERUM AFP LEVELS AND FETAL RENAL AGENESIS (1980) (22)
Stable dicentric autosome, tdic (8:22)(p23:p13), in a mentally retarded girl. (1977) (22)
Expansion pressures and rupture pressures in the newborn lung. (1965) (21)
Spontaneously Arrested Hydrocephalus (1967) (20)
Prenatal diagnosis of chromosome disorders. (1976) (20)
Spina bifida and anencephaly: are miscarriages a possible cause? (1977) (20)
Temporary treatment of hydrocephalus and myelodysplasia with isosorbide: preliminary report. (1973) (20)
Electroencephalographic and Clinico-pathological Observations in Hydrocephalic Children (1962) (20)
Relationship between fetal adrenal morphology and anterior pituitary function. (1989) (19)
Follow‐Up of 65 Survivors from the 425 Cases of Spina Bifida Born in South Wales between 1956 and 1962 (1967) (19)
The Genetics of the Major Central Nervous System Malformations, Based on the South Wales Sociogenetic Investigation (1967) (19)
Fetal adrenal weight and the cause of premature delivery in human pregnancy. (1971) (19)
CHROMOSOMES IN TYPUS DEGENERATIVUS AMSTELODAMENSIS (DE LANGE'S SYNDROME) (1963) (19)
The effect of the introduction of prenatal diagnosis on the reproductive history of women at increased risk from neural tube defects (1981) (18)
Ventriculo-subdural drainage in infantile hydrocephalus; analysis of early results. (1957) (18)
The clinical and psychological characteristics of children with the "cocktail party" syndrome. (1979) (18)
Some applications of the urinary phenolsulphonphthalein excretion test in hydrocephalus and related conditions. (1959) (18)
An extra small metacentric chromosome in a mentally retarded boy. (1968) (18)
The Effectiveness of Genetic Counselling for Neural‐tube Malformations (1976) (17)
Psychological Testing: Reactions of Parents of Physically Handicapped and Normal Children (1974) (17)
Spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia tarda: a report of four cases in two families. (1973) (16)
Amniocentesis carried out for neural tube indications in South Wales 1973–1981: Outcome of pregnancies and findings in the malformed abortuses (1983) (15)
The relationship between spina bifida children's intelligence test scores on school entry and at school leaving: a preliminary report. (1983) (15)
Factors affecting employability among young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. (1990) (15)
Notes and Commentary (1967) (15)
The Survival of Untreated Spina Bifida Cystica (1966) (14)
The Reliability of Prediction of Outcome in Spina Bifida (1976) (14)
Trial of folate treatment to prevent recurrence of neural tube defect. (1981) (14)
A prospective study of amniotic fluid cholinesterases: Comparison of quantitative and qualitative methods for the detection of open neural tube defects (1984) (14)
TOTAL ANOMALOUS DRAINAGE OF PULMONARY VEINS INTO THE LEFT GASTRIC VEIN (1960) (14)
Inattention Among Children with Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida (1980) (14)
Ventriculo-subdural drainage in infantile hydrocephalus; selection of patients by subdural dye excretion test. (1957) (13)
The Effects of Admission to Hospital and Surgery on Children with Spina Bifida (1976) (13)
Partial trisomy 12 q : report of a case and review (13)
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21‐hydroxylase deficiency by amniotic fluid steroid analysis (1982) (12)
Possible personality problems among 10-year-old spina bifida children. (1985) (12)
Neural tube defects: a two-pronged approach to primary prevention. (1982) (12)
Degree of physical handicap, education, and occupation of 51 adults with spina bifida. (1976) (12)
A Technique for Obtaining Undistorted Specimens of the Central Nervous System (1959) (12)
A Micromethod for the Estimation of Serum Bilirubin (1956) (11)
Effect of severe stress on the Maudsley Personality Inventory score in normal subjects. (1972) (11)
AMNIOTIC FLUID CHOLINESTERASE MEASUREMENT AS A RAPID METHOD FOR THE EXCLUSION OF FETAL NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS (1981) (11)
A Method of Examining the Brain of the Newborn (1968) (10)
A declining incidence of neural tube defects in the U.K. (1989) (10)
Chromosomal Variation in Man. A Catalog of Chromosomal Variants and Anomalies (1982) (10)
FETOSCOPY FOLLOWED BY LIVE BIRTH (1974) (9)
Quality of diet and blood folate concentrations. (1982) (9)
DEFECT IN FETAL MEMBRANES AFTER FETOSCOPY (1978) (9)
Prevention of neural tube defects by improvement in maternal diet and preconceptional folic acid supplementation. (1985) (9)
Recurrence risk of neural tube defects. (1981) (9)
Homozygous paracentric inversion 12 in a mentally retarded boy: a case report and review of the literature (1987) (8)
Eyes in arhinencephalic syndromes. (1975) (8)
Vertebral abnormalities in first degree relatives of cases of spina bifida and of anencephaly. (1970) (8)
The relationship between intelligence and academic achievements in spina bifida adolescents. (1984) (8)
Increased risk of recurrence of pregnancies complicated by fetal neural tube defects in mothers receiving poor diets, and possible benefit of dietary counselling (1981) (8)
Should women at high risk of neural tube defect have an amniocentesis? (1985) (8)
A SOCIO-GENETIC SURVEY OF THE MAJOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS IN SOUTH WALES. (1964) (8)
The apparently declining prevalence of neural tube defect in two counties in South Wales over three decades illustrating the need for continuing action and vigilance. (1985) (8)
The structure of the pelvis in the immature human kidney. (1976) (7)
The Urinary Phenolsulphonphthalein (Phenol Red) Excretion Test in Hydrocephalus (1957) (7)
Electronmicroscopy in 'absence' of islets of Langerhans in a newborn infant. (1982) (7)
Vertebral and Other Abnormalities in Parents and Sibs of Cases of Spina Bifida Cystica and of Anencephaly (1968) (7)
The fathers of children with spina bifida. (1986) (7)
The Recurrence Risk in Spina Bifida Cystica and Anencephaly (1969) (7)
Prenatal Detection and Prevention of Neural Tube Defects in South Wales (1986) (7)
The Sexual Development of Adolescent Spina Bifida Children (1982) (7)
Recurrent spontaneous abortions due to a homologous Robertsonian translocation (14q14q) (1982) (7)
An investigation of space and space-time clustering in a large sample of infants with neural tube defects born in Cardiff. (1975) (7)
Twins with acardia and anencephaly. (1985) (7)
Artificial expansion of the newborn human lung. (1973) (7)
FATAL CEREBRAL ANOXIA FOLLOWING THE USE OF LIGNOCAINE SPRAY FOR BRONCHOSCOPY. A CASE REPORT. (1965) (6)
Hydrocephalus and Malformations of the Central Nervous System (1987) (6)
PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS, SELECTIVE ABORTION, AND THE ABORTION (AMENDMENT) BILL (1980) (6)
The natural history of spina bifida cystica. (1960) (6)
A NEW APPROACH TO ARTIFICIAL EXPANSION AND VENTILATION OF THE LUNG IN THE SEVERELY ASPHYXIATED NEONATE (1981) (6)
Antenatal diagnosis of fetal abnormality with special reference to amniocentesis. (1973) (6)
Differences in reading achievement between spina bifida children attending normal schools and those attending special schools. (1978) (5)
EQUIVOCAL AMNIOTIC A.F.P. LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN SPINA BIFIDA (1975) (5)
The Patho-Morphology of Intrarenal Reflux1 (1979) (5)
The Validity of Psychometric Studies on Children with Spina Bifida (1974) (5)
THE GENETICS OF SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA (1967) (5)
The radiological appearances in arhinencephaly. (1967) (5)
Medical and social service provision for families of children with NTD. (1987) (4)
Tracing patients. (1959) (4)
Minimum artificial lung expansion necessary for resuscitation of the newborn lamb. (1980) (4)
NEW THOUGHTS ON SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS (1963) (4)
Amniotic fluid steroid levels and fetal adrenal weight in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. (1987) (4)
Anencephalus and spina bifida. (1969) (4)
Trinidad English—The Origin of ‘Mamaguy’ and ‘Picong’ (1971) (3)
Response to termination of pregnancy for genetic reasons. (1983) (3)
Amniocentesis Carried out for Neural Tube Indications: Findings 1973-1981 (1982) (3)
Towards the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Discussion Paper (1982) (3)
Relationship in anencephaly between the size of the adrenal gland and length of gestation. (1970) (3)
Re: What is arrested hydrocephalus? (1962) (3)
Double i(18q) in lymphoma. (1990) (3)
Prenatal detection of D trisomy (1974) (3)
Interstitial deletion of 17p11.2: case report and review. (1988) (3)
Dietary Approaches to the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects (1983) (2)
Growing up with Spina Bifida (1964) (2)
[Partial monosomy 9]. (1978) (2)
HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS (1963) (2)
Clinical and Ethical Considerations on Alpha‐fetoprotein Estimation for Early Prenatal Diagnosis of Neural Tube Malformations (1974) (2)
Hydrocephalus and disability. (1960) (2)
Diet as a Factor in Aetiology of Neural Tube Defects (1980) (2)
AMNIOTIC FLUID 170H-PROGESTERONE (17P) IS INCREASED ONLY IN SALT-LOSING FETAL 21-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY (21 OHD) (1986) (2)
USE OF THE UMBILICAL VEIN FOR TRANSFUSION OF NEWBORN INFANTS (1963) (2)
The patho-morphology of intrarenal reflux. (1979) (1)
Continuity and change in Trinidadian toponyms (1975) (1)
Antenatal prediction of sex. (1979) (1)
Prevention of neural tube malformation by genetic counselling, and prenatal diagnostic surveillance. (1979) (1)
MEGALENCEPHALY (1964) (1)
FETAL ADRENAL SIZE IS PITUITARY ACTH-DEPENDENT THROUGHOUT GESTATION (1988) (1)
Genetic aspects of "uncomplicated" hydrocephalus and its relationship to neural tube defect. (1984) (1)
Proceedings: Absence of islets of Langerhans in pancreas of a newborn. (1975) (1)
THE BOBBLE‐HEAD DOLL SYNDROME (1966) (1)
The survival of the spanish language in Trinidad (1980) (1)
Proceedings: Hypoglycaemia in the newborn. (1974) (1)
Long-term reactions following a stillbirth with a congenital abnormality: a preliminary report. (1984) (1)
Primary prevention of neural tube defects by dietary improvement and folic acid supplementation (1986) (1)
Potato Blight Teratogen (1972) (1)
Response to termination of pregnancy for genetic reasons. (1983) (1)
Bronchopleural fistula following intrauterine transfusion (1972) (1)
Epidemiology and control of neural tube defects J. Mark Elwood, Julian Little and J. Harold Elwood. Published 1992 by Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0 19261884 9, 941 pp. Price £85 (1994) (0)
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Antenatal prediction of sex. (1979) (0)
Infantile hydrocephalus: its diagnosis and natural history. (1960) (0)
A new approach to artificial expansion and ventilation of the lung in the severely asphyxiated neonate. (1981) (0)
THE URINARY PHENOLSULPHONPHTHALEIN (2007) (0)
Letter to the Editor (1966) (0)
Spina Bifida Research in Wales (1976) (0)
[A further case of monosomy 9p]. (1979) (0)
Down's Syndrome (1970) (0)
Lungvolumes, ventilatory capacity, andtransfer factor inhealthy British boyandgirl twins (1973) (0)
Midtrimester prenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects following amniocentesis and selective termination of pregnancy in South Wales 1973-1983 (1986) (0)
Medical Genetics. Proceedings of the Symposium at Debrecen-Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary, 27-29 April, 1976 (1978) (0)
Cases Analysis of 182 Unoperated Hydrocephalus : Detailed The Natural History of (2007) (0)
Extravasation of urine after irrigation of the bladder with hyaluronidase. (1954) (0)
An Apparatus for the Artificial Expansion of the Lung in the Severely Asphyxiated Neonate (1981) (0)
Fetal Abnormalities (1973) (0)
Hydrocephalus—its Diagnosis and Treatment in Adults and Children [Abridged] (1967) (0)
THE MEDIÆVAL CONTROVERSY CONCERNING BURIAL PRIVILEGES: AN ASPECT OF ANTICLERICAL SATIRE IN THE LIBRO DE BUEN AMOR (1972) (0)
Hirschsprung's disease associated withcongenital heart malformation, broad bigtoes, andulnar polydactyly insibs: a caseforfetoscopy (1975) (0)
Prenatal diagnosis of chromosome abnormality. (1978) (0)
Genetics (1968) (0)
Fetal Diagnosis and the Need for Support (1991) (0)
THE NATURAL HISTORYOF HYDROCEPHALUS DETAILEDANALYSISOF 182UNOPERATED CASES (1962) (0)
Neuralrohrdefekt-Screening in Großbritannien (1989) (0)
intelligence male development and Y chromosome with normal Deletion of the long arms of the (0)
Brain damage in hydrocephalic patients. (1967) (0)
Letter: Fetoscopy followed by live birth. (1974) (0)
Developmental Biology and Pathology. (Current Topics in Pathology.) (1978) (0)
Cardiff . neural tube defects born in large sample of infants with space-time clustering in a An investigation of space and (0)
sibs : a case for fetoscopy . toes , and ulnar polydactyly in heart malformation , broad big associated with congenital Hirschsprung ' s disease and (0)
Broad survey of teratology (1978) (0)
Somesourcesofstress foundinmothers of spina bifida children (1975) (0)
The planning of benching and services for the modern pathological laboratory (1963) (0)
Cytogenetics Explained (1968) (0)
Diet and Congenital Defects (1973) (0)
Antenatal diagnosis of spina bifida. [Letter] (1973) (0)

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