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The Late Emeritus Professor John Lorber* (1915-1996)

Neurological Publications

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AU - Berker E, Goldstein G,Lorber J, Priestley B, Smith A
TI - Reciprocal neurological developments of twins discordant for hydrocephalus.
RF - REVIEW ARTICLE: 53 REFS.
AD - Psychology Department, Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital, MI 49008.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1992 Jul;34(7):623-32

AU - Walker CH
TI - Neonatology--then and now. Central nervous system investigation (1961).
PS - Lorber J
SO - Arch Dis Child 1990 Feb;65(2):246

AU - Lorber J
TI - Where have all the spina bifida gone?
MH - Spina Bifida Occulta/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
SO - Midwife Health Visit Community Nurse 1986 Mar;22(3):94-5

AU - Harper JR
AU - Lorber J
AU - Hillas Smith G
AU - Bower BD
AU - Eykyn SJ
TI - Timing of lumbar puncture in severe childhood meningitis.
MH - Spinal Puncture/*ADVERSE EFFECTS
MH - Time Factors
SO - Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1985 Sep 7;291(6496):651-2

AU - Lorber J
TI - Spina bifida--a vanishing nightmare? [letter]
MH - Spina Bifida Occulta/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL
PT - LETTER
SO - Childs Nerv Syst 1985;1(5):242

AU - Lorber J
AU - Ward AM
TI - Spina bifida--a vanishing nightmare?
MH - Neural Tube Defects/DIAGNOSIS
MH - Spina Bifida Occulta/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL
SO - Arch Dis Child 1985 Nov;60(11):1086-91

AU - Lorber J
TI - Vitamins to prevent neural tube defects [letter]
MH - Clinical Trials
MH - Neural Tube Defects/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
SO - Lancet 1982 Dec 25;2(8313):1458-9

AU - Lorber J
AU - Sunderland R
TI - Lumbar puncture and febrile convulsions [letter]
MH - Convulsions, Febrile/*DIAGNOSIS
MH - Spinal Puncture/*ADVERSE EFFECTS
PT - LETTER
LA - Eng
SO - Lancet 1980 Jul 5;2(8184):38

AU - Lorber J
AU - Sunderland R
TI - Lumbar puncture in children with convulsions associated with fever.
MH - Child, Preschool
MH - Convulsions, Febrile/*DIAGNOSIS
MH - Meningitis, Haemophilus/DIAGNOSIS
SO - Lancet 1980 Apr 12;1(8172):785-6

AU - Lorber J
AU - Salfield SA
TI - Results of selective treatment of spina bifida cystica.
MH - Meningomyelocele/COMPLICATIONS/MORTALITY/*THERAPY
MH - Prognosis
SO - Arch Dis Child 1981 Nov;56(11):822-30

AU - Lorber J
TI - Perinatal practice and compensation for handicap [letter]
PT - LETTER
LA - Eng
SO - Br Med J 1980 Nov 8;281(6250):1288



AU - Lorber J
TI - The family history of uncomplicated congenital hydrocephalus: an epidemiological study based
on 270 probands.
MH - Anencephaly/GENETICS
MH - Encephalocele/GENETICS
MH - Hydrocephalus/ETIOLOGY/*GENETICS
MH - Meningomyelocele/GENETICS
SO - Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984 Aug 4;289(6440):281-4

AU - Lorber J
TI - The family history of simple congenital hydrocephalus. An epidemiological study based on 270
probands.
MH - Anencephaly/GENETICS
MH - Hydrocephalus/*GENETICS
MH - Spina Bifida Occulta/GENETICS
SO - Z Kinderchir 1984 Dec;39 Suppl 2:94-5

AU - Jackson PH
AU - Lorber J
TI - Brain and ventricular volume in hydrocephalus.
MH - Adolescence
MH - Cerebral Cortex/PATHOLOGY
MH - Cerebral Ventricles/*PATHOLOGY
MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
MH - Dilatation, Pathologic
MH - Hydrocephalus/*PATHOLOGY/SURGERY
MH - Prognosis
MH - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
SO - Z Kinderchir 1984 Dec;39 Suppl 2:91-3

AU - Lorber J
AU - Salfield S
AU - Lonton T
TI - Isosorbide in the management of infantile hydrocephalus.
MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
MH - Hydrocephalus/DIAGNOSIS/*DRUG THERAPY/SURGERY
MH - Intelligence
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1983 Aug;25(4):502-11

AU - Lorber J
AU - Ecker M
TI - Career development of female and male physicians.
MH - *Career Mobility
MH - Family
MH - Female
MH - Internship and Residency
MH - Motivation
MH - Peer Group
MH - *Physicians, Women
MH - Sex Factors
SO - J Med Educ 1983 Jun;58(6):447-56

AU - Lorber J
TI - Is your brain really necessary?
MH - Brain/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts/ADVERSE EFFECTS
MH - Human
MH - Hydrocephalus/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/SURGERY
MH - Intelligence
MH - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
SO - Nurs Mirror 1981 Apr 30;152(18):29-30

AU - Lorber J
AU - Pucholt V
TI - When is a shunt no longer necessary? An investigation of 300 patients with hydrocephalus and
myelomeningocele: 11-22 year follow up.
MH - *Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
MH - Follow-Up Studies
MH - Hydrocephalus/*SURGERY
MH - Meningomyelocele/*SURGERY
SO - Z Kinderchir 1981 Dec;34(4):327-9

AU - Priestley BL
AU - Lorber J
TI - Ventricular size and intelligence in achondroplasia.
MH - Cerebral Ventricles/*PATHOLOGY
MH - Foramen Magnum/PATHOLOGY
MH - *Intelligence
MH - Mental Retardation/ETIOLOGY
MH - Quadriplegia/ETIOLOGY
SO - Z Kinderchir 1981 Dec;34(4):320-6

AU - Lorber J
AU - Priestley BL
TI - Children with large heads: a practical approach to diagnosis in 557 children, with special
reference to 109 children with megalencephaly.
MH - Intelligence
MH - Nervous System/ABNORMALITIES
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1981 Aug;23(4):494-504

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AU - Lorber J
TI - [Reasons for and results of selective treatment of myelomeningocele]
MH - Meningomyelocele/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*THERAPY
LA - Hun
SO - Orv Hetil 1980 May 25;121(21):1269-72

AU - Lorber J
TI - Unexplained episodes of coma in a two-year-old [letter]
MH - Case Report
MH - Movement Disorders/DIAGNOSIS
MH - Syncope/ETIOLOGY
PT - LETTER
SO - Lancet 1978 Aug 26;2(8087):472-3

AU - Lorber J
TI - Some paediatric aspects of myelomeningocele.
MH - alpha-Fetoproteins/ANALYSIS
MH - *Meningomyelocele/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/THERAPY
MH - *Spinal Dysraphism
SO - Acta Orthop Scand 1975 Jun;46(3):350-5

AU - Steward CR
AU - Ward AM
AU - Lorber J
TI - Amniotic fluid alpha1fetoprotein in the diagnosis of neural tract malformations.
MH - Amniocentesis
MH - Amniotic Fluid/*METABOLISM
MH - Anencephaly/DIAGNOSIS
MH - False Negative Reactions
MH - False Positive Reactions
MH - Fetal Proteins/*METABOLISM
MH - Nervous System/*ABNORMALITIES
MH - *Prenatal Diagnosis
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/DIAGNOSIS
SO - Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1975 Apr;82(4):257-61

AU - Lorber J
TI - Spina bifida: to treat or not to treat? Selection - the best policy available.
MH - Amniocentesis
MH - *Euthanasia, Passive
MH - Genetic Counseling
MH - Spina Bifida Occulta/COMPLICATIONS/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
SO - Nurs Mirror 1978 Sep 14;147(11):14-7

AU - Lorber J
AU - Zachary RB
TI - Spina bifida: to treat or not to treat?
MH - Amniocentesis
MH - *Euthanasia, Passive
MH - Genetic Counseling
MH - Spina Bifida Occulta/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*THERAPY
SO - Nurs Mirror 1978 Sep 14;147(11):13-9

AU - Lorber J
TI - Spina bifida: some problems in management [letter]
MH - Human
MH - Infant
MH - Infant, Newborn
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/MORTALITY/*THERAPY
SO - Proc R Soc Med 1977 Jul;70(7):508-9

AU - Lorber J
AU - Schofield JK
TI - The prognosis of occipital encephalocele.
MH - Encephalocele/COMPLICATIONS/MORTALITY/*SURGERY
MH - Mental Retardation/ETIOLOGY
MH - *Occipital Lobe/SURGERY
MH - Prognosis
SO - Z Kinderchir Grenzgeb 1979 Dec;28(4):347-51

AU - Lorber J
AU - Lilleyman JS
AU - Peile EB
TI - Acute infantile thrombocytosis and vitamin K deficiency associated with intracranial
haemorrhage.
MH - Vitamin K Deficiency/*COMPLICATIONS
SO - Arch Dis Child 1979 Jun;54(6):471-2

AU - Lorber J
TI - [The swing of the pendulum in the treatment of myelomeningocele (author's transl)]
MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
MH - Hydrocephalus/COMPLICATIONS/SURGERY
MH - Meningomyelocele/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/*THERAPY
LA - Ger
SO - Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 1978 Jan;126(1):9-13

AU - Lorber J
TI - Ethical problems in the management of myelomingocele and hydrocephalus. 2.
SO - Nurs Times 1976 Mar 25;72(12):suppl:9-11

AU - Lorber J
TI - Ethical problems in the management of myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus-1.
MH - Hydrocephalus/*THERAPY
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/*THERAPY
SO - Nurs Times 1976 Feb 26;72(8):suppl:5-8

AU - Lonton AP
AU - Barrington NA
AU - Lorber J
TI - Lacunar skull deformity related to intelligence in children with myelomeningocele and
hydrocephalus.
MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
MH - Hydrocephalus/*COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY/SURGERY
MH - *Intelligence
MH - Laterality
MH - Meningomyelocele/*COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY
MH - Reading
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/*COMPLICATIONS
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol Suppl 1975;(35):58-64

AU - Lorber J
TI - Ethical problems in the management of myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus. The Milroy
Lecture 1975.
MH - Hydrocephalus/MORTALITY/*THERAPY
MH - Intelligence
MH - Meningomyelocele/MORTALITY/*THERAPY
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/*THERAPY
SO - J R Coll Physicians Lond 1975 Oct;10(1):47-60

AU - Lorber J
TI - Isosorbide in the treatment of infantile hydrocephalus. Observations with a new drug.
MH - Hydrocephalus/*DRUG THERAPY/SURGERY
MH - Isosorbide/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/ADVERSE 
SO - Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1975 Oct;14(10):916-9

AU - Bobrow M
AU - Bodmer JG
AU - Bodmer WF
AU - McDevitt HO
AU - Lorber J
AU - Swift P
TI - The search for a human equivalent of the mouse T-locus - negative results from a study of
HL-A types in spina bifida.
SO - Tissue Antigens 1975 May;5(4):234-7

AU - Lorber J
TI - Isosorbide in treatment of infantile hydrocephalus.
MH - Hydrocephalus/COMPLICATIONS/*DRUG THERAPY/THERAPY
MH - Hypernatremia/CHEMICALLY INDUCED
MH - Infant
MH - Infant, Newborn
MH - Isosorbide/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/ADVERSE EFFECTS/*THERAPEUTIC
USE
MH - Sorbitol/*ANALOGS & DERIVATIVES
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/COMPLICATIONS
SO - Arch Dis Child 1975 Jun;50(6):431-6

AU - Lorber J
TI - Spina bifida cystica. Part 2: policy of management of the newborn with myelocele related to
ultimate prognosis.
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/*THERAPY
SO - Midwife Health Visit Community Nurse 1975 Jan;11(1):18-9

AU - Lorber J
TI - The medical treatment of hydrocephalus using isosorbide.
MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
MH - Hydrocephalus/*DRUG THERAPY/SURGERY
MH - Intelligence
MH - Isosorbide/*THERAPEUTIC USE
SO - Mod Probl Paediatr 1976 Sep 30-Oct 2;18:178-80

AU - Lorber J
TI - Good patients and problem patients: conformity and deviance in a general hospital.
SO - J Health Soc Behav 1975 Jun;16(2):213-25

AU - Blank CE
AU - Colver DC
AU - Potter AM
AU - McHugh J
AU - Lorber J
TI - Physical and mental defect of chromosomal origin in four individuals of the same family.
Trisomy for the short arm of 9.
MH - Karyotyping
MH - Mental Retardation/GENETICS
MH - *Trisomy
SO - Clin Genet 1975 Apr;7(4):261-73

AU - Lorber J
AU - Stewart CR
AU - Ward AM
TI - Alpha-fetoprotein in antenatal diagnosis of anencephaly and spina bifida.
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/*DIAGNOSIS
SO - Lancet 1973 May 26;1(813):1187

AU - Lorber J
TI - Management of spina bifida cystica. III. Follow-up care and further treatment.
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/THERAPY
SO - Nurs Mirror Midwives J 1973 Oct 26;137(17):35-7

AU - Lorber J
TI - Management of spina bifida cystica. II. Initial management of the treated child.
MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/SURGERY
SO - Nurs Mirror Midwives J 1973 Oct 19;137(16):33-7

AU - Lorber J
TI - Spina bifida cystica. I. Incidence, causes and prevention.
MH - Hydrocephalus
MH - Meningocele
MH - Meningomyelocele
MH - *Spinal Dysraphism
SO - Midwife Health Visit 1974 Dec;10(12):371-4

AU - Lorber J
TI - Myelomeningocele; new approaches to its management.
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/*THERAPY
SO - Nurs Times 1974 Feb 21;70(8):272-3

AU - Lorber J
TI - Selective treatment of myelomeningocele: To treat or not to treat?
MH - Prognosis
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/COMPLICATIONS/MORTALITY/*THERAPY
SO - Pediatrics 1974 Mar;53(3):307-8

AU - Lorber J
TI - Isosorbide in the medical treatment of infantile hydrocephalus.
MH - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts/ADVERSE EFFECTS
MH - Hydrocephalus/CEREBROSPINAL FLUID/COMPLICATIONS/*DRUG THERAPY/
ETIOLOGY/RADIOGRAPHY/SURGERY
MH - Hypernatremia/CHEMICALLY INDUCED
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/COMPLICATIONS
MH - Staphylococcal Infections/ETIOLOGY
SO - J Neurosurg 1973 Dec;39(6):702-11

AU - Lorber J
TI - Early results of selective treatment of spina bifida cystica.
MH - Birth Injuries/COMPLICATIONS
MH - Hydrocephalus/COMPLICATIONS
MH - Kyphosis/COMPLICATIONS
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/COMPLICATIONS/MORTALITY/*THERAPY
SO - Br Med J 1973 Oct 27;4(886):201-4

AU - Lorber J
TI - Management of spina bifida cystica. Part 1: clinical types of spina bifida.
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/THERAPY
SO - Nurs Mirror Midwives J 1973 Oct 12;137(15):21-3

AU - Lorber J
TI - Severely malformed children.
MH - Spinal Dysraphism/MORTALITY/SURGERY/*THERAPY
SO - Br Med J 1973 Jul 7;3(870):46

AU - Lorber J
TI - Neonatal E. coli meningitis, hydrocephalus, respiratory distress syndrome, full recovery after
temporary blindness.
MH - Escherichia coli Infections/COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY
MH - Human
MH - Hydrocephalus/*COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY
MH - Kanamycin/THERAPEUTIC USE
MH - Meningitis/*COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY
SO - Proc R Soc Med 1973 Mar;66(3):221-2

AU - Lorber J
TI - Spina bifida cystica. Results of treatment of 270 consecutive cases with criteria for selection for
the future.
MH - Dwarfism/COMPLICATIONS
MH - Hydrocephalus/COMPLICATIONS
MH - Infant, Newborn
MH - Lumbosacral Region/ABNORMALITIES
MH - Meningocele/COMPLICATIONS/MORTALITY/SURGERY/ THERAPY
SO - Arch Dis Child 1972 Dec;47(256):854-73

AU - Lorber J
AU - Bhat US
TI - Posthaemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, and long-term
results.
MH - Erythroblastosis, Fetal/COMPLICATIONS
MH - Hydrocephalus/DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY/RADIOGRAPHY/
SURGERY
MH - Isosorbide Dinitrate/THERAPEUTIC USE
SO - Arch Dis Child 1974 Oct;49(10):751-62

AU - Lorber J
TI - The use of isosorbide in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol Suppl 1972;27:87-93

AU - Lorber J
TI - Syndrome for diagnosis: dwarfing, persistently open fontanelle; recurrent meningitis; recurrent
subdural effusions with temporary alternate-sided hemiplegia; high-tone deafness; visual defect with
pseudopapilloedema; slowing intellectual development; recurrent acute polyarthritis; erythema
marginatum, splenomegaly and iron resistant hypochromic anaemia.
SO - Proc R Soc Med 1973 Nov;66(11):1070-1

AU - Lorber J
TI - Medical and surgical aspects in the treatment of congenital hydrocephalus.
SO - Neuropadiatrie 1971 Feb;2(3):239-46

AU - Lorber J
TI - Results of treatment of myelomeningocele. An analysis of 524 unselected cases, with special
reference to possible selection for treatment.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1971 Jun;13(3):279-303

AU - Lorber J
TI - Anencephaly.
SO - Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1971 Jan;10(1):3-4

AU - Lorber J
AU - Kalhan SC
AU - Mahgrefte B
TI - Treatment of ventriculitis with gentamicin and cloxacillin in infants born with spina bifida.
SO - Arch Dis Child 1970 Apr;45(240):178-85

AU - Lorber J
TI - Ventriculo-cardiac shunts in the first week of life. Results of a controlled trial in the treatment of
hydrocephalus in infants born with spina bifida cystica or cranium bifidum.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol Suppl 1969;20:13-22

AU - Lorber J
TI - The results of early treatment of extreme hydrocephalus.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1968;:Suppl 16:21-9

AU - Lorber J
TI - Spina bifida.
SO - Practitioner 1969 Apr;202(210):522-33

AU - Lorber J
AU - Tunstill AK
TI - The Sheffield Congenital Anomalies Research Unit.
SO - Med Biol Illus 1969 Apr;19(2):100-4

AU - Lorber J
TI - The child with spina bifida: medical, educational and social aspects.
MH - Intelligence
SO - Physiotherapy 1968 Nov;54(11):390-7


AU - Lorber J
TI - Neurologic assessment of neonates with spina bifida. Notes on some diagnostic and therapeutic
considerations.
SO - Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1968 Nov;7(11):676-9

AU - Lorber J
TI - Children with spina bifida.
SO - Nurs Mirror Midwives J 1968 Sep 20;127(12):19-22

AU - Sharrard WJ
AU - Zachary RB
AU - Lorber J
TI - Survival and paralysis in open myelomeningocele with special reference to the time of repair of
the spinal lesion.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1967;:Suppl 13:35-50

AU - Lorber J
TI - Intrathecal and intraventricular kanamycin in the treatment of meningitis and ventriculitis in
infants.
SO - Postgrad Med J 1967 May;:Suppl:52-4

AU - Sharrard WJ
AU - Zachary RB
AU - Lorber J
TI - The long-term evaluation of a trial of immediate and delayed closure of spina bifida cystica.
SO - Clin Orthop 1967 Jan-Feb;50:197-201

AU - Lorber J
AU - Levick K
TI - Spina bifida cystica. Incidence of spina bifida occulta in parents and in controls.
SO - Arch Dis Child 1967 Apr;42(222):171-3

AU - Lorber J
TI - Incidence and epidemiology of myelomeningocele.
SO - Clin Orthop 1966 Mar-Apr;45:81-3

AU - Lorber J
AU - Zachary RB
TI - Primary congenital hydrocephalus. Long-term results of controlled therapeutic trial.
SO - Arch Dis Child 1968 Oct;43(231):516-27

AU - Lorber J
TI - Puncture porencephaly.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1968 Apr;10(2):233-4

AU - Lorber J
TI - Aneurysm of the great vein of Galen.
SO - Proc R Soc Med 1967 May;60(5):450-2

AU - Lorber J
AU - Pickering D
TI - Incidence and treatment of post-meningitic hydrocephalus in the newborn.
SO - Arch Dis Child 1966 Feb;41(215):44-50

AU - Lorber J
AU - De NC
TI - Family history of congenital hydrocephalus.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol Suppl 1970;22:Suppl 22:94+

AU - Lorber J
TI - Congenital hydrocephalus.
SO - Dist Nurs 1968 May;11(2):35-7

AU - Lorber J
TI - [Treatment of primary congenital hydrocephalus]
LA - Ger
SO - Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 1969 Feb;117(2):66-73

AU - Lorber J
TI - Recurrent meningitis.
MH - *Meningitis/CEREBROSPINAL FLUID/DRUG THERAPY
SO - Proc R Soc Med 1969 Nov;62(11 Part 1):1093-4

AU - Blank CE
AU - Lorber J
TI - A patient with 45,XX,Gminus-46,XX,Gr mosaicism.
SO - J Med Genet 1969 Jun;6(2):220-3

AU - Lorber J
TI - Long-term prognosis of subdural effusions in infancy.
SO - Arch Dis Child 1968 Dec;43(232):745

AU - Lorber J
TI - Recovery of vision following prolonged blindness in children with hydrocephalus or following
pyogenic meningitis.
SO - Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1967 Dec;6(12):699-703

AU - Lorber J
TI - Hyperammonaemia.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1967 Apr;9(2):232-4

AU - Lorber J
TI - The prognosis of occipital encephalocele.
SO - Dev Med Child Neurol 1967;:Suppl 13:75-86

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