Congenital renal tract anomalies: Outcome and follow-up of 402 cases detected antenatally between 1986 and 2001

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-143

  Damen Elias, H A M ^a,c   De Jong, T P V M ^a   Stigter, R H ^a,b   Visser, G H A ^a   Stoutenbeek, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Follow up; Postnatal outcome; Prenatal diagnosis; Renal tract; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAURETER; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 14544279306     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1788     Document Type: Article

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