Successful thoracoamniotic shunting and review of the literature in unilateral pleural effusion with hydrops

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Wilkins Haug, Louise E ^a   Doubilet, Peter ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH RISKS; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY;

NONIMMUNE FETAL HYDROPS; THORACOAMNIOTIC SHUNTING; UNILATERAL PLEURAL EFFUSION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; SHUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031080025     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.2.153     Document Type: Article

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