Prenatal ultrasound screening of the urinary tract is useful

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 432-434

  Raboei, Enaam ^a   Abou Seoud, Mai ^a   Abou Nassef, Nadia ^a   Mehboob, Fauzia ^a   Saggaf, Abdulrahman ^a   Luoma, Reijo ^a  

^a KING FAHD ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fetal uropathy; Prenatal ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036725894     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0797-0     Document Type: Article

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