Posterior urethral valves: Inaccuracy of prenatal diagnosis

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-183

  Abbott, Jodi F ^a   Levine, Deborah ^a   Wapner, Ronald ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Megacystis; Posterior urethral valves; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA VALVE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FETAL DISEASES; HYDRONEPHROSIS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRA; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0031829014     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020834     Document Type: Article

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