Isolated mild fetal pyelectasis detected by transvaginal sonography in advanced maternal age

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 833-836

  Guariglia, Lorenzo ^a   Rosati, Paolo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KIDNEY PELVIS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 0031766065     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00265-8     Document Type: Article

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