Isolated fetal pyelectasis: Assessment of risk for postnatal uropathy and Down syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 236-240

  Wickstrom, E ^a   Maizels, M ^a   Sabbagba, R E ^a,b   Tamura, R K ^a   Cohen, L C ^a   Pergament, E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University Medical School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Fetus; Hydronephrosis; Isolated pyelectasis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0030253411     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08040236.x     Document Type: Article

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