Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of posterior urethral valves: Identification of valves and thickening of the posterior urethral wall

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 366-370

  Cohen, Harris L ^a,b   Zinn, Harry L ^a   Patel, Ameet ^a   Zinn, Daniel L ^a   Haller, Jack O ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; Genitourinary system; Posterior urethral valves; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MICTURITION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRA;

EID: 0031950503     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199809)26:7<366::AID-JCU8>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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