The prenatal diagnosis of cloacal dysgenesis sequence in six cases: Can the termination of pregnancy always be the first choice?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-16

  Sahinoglu, Zeki ^a,b   Mulayim, Baris ^a   Ozden, Selcuk ^a   Etker, Seref ^b   Celayir, Aysenur ^b   Ozkan, Ferda ^b   Bilgic, Remziye ^b  

^a Division of Perinatology   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cloacal dysgenesis; Fetal obtructive uropathy; Oligohydramnios; Pulmonary hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOACA; CLOACA DYSGENESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CLOACA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TURKEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 1042302043     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.768     Document Type: Article

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