Internalization of pleuroamniotic shunt causing neonatal demise

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-36

  Blanch, Geraldine ^a   Walkinshaw, S A ^a   Hawdon, Jane M ^a   Weindling, A M ^a   van Velzen, D ^a   Rodeck, C H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal hydrothorax; Internalization; Pleuroamniotic shunt; Pleuroamniotic shunting; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INTERNALIZATION; LUNG HILUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING;

EID: 0030041182     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264276     Document Type: Article

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