Prune belly syndrome and associated malformations: A 13-year experience from a developing country

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-284

  Salihu, H M ^a,b   Tchuinguem, G ^a,b   Aliyu, M H ^a,b   Kouam, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Ebolowa Provincial Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBFOOT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLACENTA PREVIA; POTTER SYNDROME; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CAMEROON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1542270174     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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