Posterior urethral valves: Pre- and postnatal management

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 138-145

  Gatti, John M ^a   Kirsch, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstructive Uropathy; Oligohydramnios; Posterior Urethral Valve; Postnatal Management; Pulmonary Hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; URETHRA; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRA; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0035312232     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-001-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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