Prenatal Mild Pyelectasis: Evaluating the Thresholds of Renal Pelvic Diameter Associated with Normal Postnatal Renal Function

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-517

  Odibo, Anthony O ^a   Raab, Elisabeth ^a   Elovitz, Michal ^a   Merrill, Jeffrey D ^a   Macones, George A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Postnatal; Prenatal; Pyelectasis; Renal pelvis

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

ANTEROPOSTERIOR (AP) DIAMETERS; POSTNATAL FUNCTIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ANOMALY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PYELECTASIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2442535039     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.4.513     Document Type: Article

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