Invasive assessment of fetal renal abnormalities: Urinalysis, fetal blood sampling and biopsy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 964-969

  McHugo, Jo ^a   Whittle, Martin ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder outflow obstructions; Fetal renal function; Fetal urinanalysis; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CALCIUM; SODIUM;

BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REVIEW; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SODIUM; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINALYSIS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0035210547     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.212     Document Type: Review

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