The significance of non-visualization of the fetal bladder during an ultrasound examination to evaluate second-trimester oligohydramnios

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 186-191

  Brumfield, C G ^a,b   Guinn, D ^a   Davis, R ^a   Owen, J ^a   Wenstrom, K ^a   Mize, P ^a  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Non visualization of the fetal bladder; Oligohydramnios; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MATURITY; HUMAN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HUMANS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0030225492     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08030186.x     Document Type: Review

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