The Natural History of Spina Bifida in Children Pilot Project: Research Protocol

Ann I. Alriksson-Schmidt   ¹ , PhD, MSPH ;   Judy K. Thibadeau   ² , RN, MN ;   Mark E. Swanson   ^{2 *} , MD, MPH ;   David Marcus   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Kari L. Carris   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Csaba Siffel   ^{2 *} , MD, PhD ;   Elisabeth Ward   ^{5 *} , RN, MPH

¹ Musculoskeletal Sciences, Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

² Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

³ Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Neuropsychology, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁴ NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

⁵ Carter Consulting, Inc., Consultant to CDC, Atlanta, GA, United States

*these authors contributed equally