Fetal hyperechogenic kidney with normal amniotic fluid volume: A diagnostic dilemma

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 553-558

  Mashiach, R ^a,d   Davidovits, M ^b,d   Eisenstein, B ^b,d   Kidron, D ^c,d   Kovo, M ^a,d   Shalev, J ^a,d   Merlob, P ^a,d   Vardimon, D ^a,d   Efrat, Z ^a   Meizner, I ^a,d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid volume; Hyperechogenic kidney

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPERECHOGENIC KIDNEY; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 23244456523     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1185     Document Type: Article

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