Congenital megalourethra: Outcome after prenatal diagnosis in a series of 4 cases

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1303-1308

  Sepulveda, Waldo ^a,b   Elorza, Carlos ^d   Gutierrez, Jorge ^b   Vasquez, Patrido ^b   Castro, Victor ^c  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fetal anomalies; Megalourethra; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FETAL ANOMALIES; MEGALOURETHA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MEGALOURETHRA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; URETHRA MALFORMATION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 24144456479     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.9.1303     Document Type: Article

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