Fetal gallstones

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Munjuluri, Nalini ^a,b   Elgharaby, Nader ^a   Acolet, Dominique ^a   Kadir, Rezan Abdul ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Fetal gallstones; Ultrasound; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 20944444014     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085077     Document Type: Article

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