Diagnosis and outcome of fetal lower urinary tract obstruction in the northern region of England

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-13

  Anumba, Dilly O ^b   Scott, John E ^a   Plant, Nick D ^a   Robson, Stephen C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal obstructive uropathy; Pregnancy; Renal failure; Ultrasound dysplasia

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 13244290173     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1074     Document Type: Article

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