In utero intervention in a patient with prune-belly syndrome and severe urethral hypoplasia

Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1178-

  Perez Brayfield, Marcos R ^a   Gatti, John ^a   Berkman, Scott ^a   Eller, Daniel ^b   Broecker, Bruce ^a   Massad, Charlotte ^a   Kirsch, Andrew ^a   Smith, Edwin ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maternal Fetal Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABOR; LUNG FUNCTION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER DILATATION;

EID: 0343371759     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(01)00951-7     Document Type: Article

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