Prenatal gender determination and the diagnosis of genital anomalies

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 12-19

  Pajkrt, E ^a   Chitty, L S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CLOACA; CLOACAL EXSTROPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYOLOGY; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISPADIAS; FETUS CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DESCENT; ULTRASOUND; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; Y CHROMOSOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 2342595766     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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