Posterior urethral valves: Prenatal diagnostic signs and outcome

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-301

  Eckoldt, Felicitas ^a   Heling, K S ^a   Woderich, R ^a   Wolke, S ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oligohydramnios; Outcome, posterior urethral valves; Prenatal diagnosis, posterior urethral valves; Urethral valves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MEGAURETER; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRA;

EID: 10844293297     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081586     Document Type: Article

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