Amniotic fluid index and fetal bladder outlet obstruction. Do we really need more?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 4 II, 2005, Pages 1657-1660

  Zaccara, Antonio ^a   Giorlandino, Claudio ^b   Mobili, Luisa ^b   Brizzi, Cristiana ^b   Bilancioni, Elena ^b   Capolupo, Irma ^b   Capitanucci, Maria Luisa ^b   De Gennaro, Mario ^b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Bladder neck obstruction; Oligohydramnios

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID INDEX; ATRESIA; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; FETUS; FETUS BLADDER; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL; URETHRA ATRESIA; URETHRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 24944568223     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000179538.85893.cb     Document Type: Conference Paper

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