Can fetal renal artery Doppler studies predict postnatal renal function in morphologically abnormal kidneys? A preliminary report

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 190-192

  Gill, Bhagwant ^a   Bennett, Robert T ^a   Barnhard, Yoni ^a   Bar Hava, Itai ^a   Girz, Barbara ^a   Divon, Michael ^a  

^a Jack D Weiler Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; ultrasonography, prenatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; RENOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029950865     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65994-9     Document Type: Article

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