Discordant lower urinary tract obstruction in early twin gestations: Management and outcome

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-801

  Sepulveda, Waldo ^a   Wong, Amy E ^b   Alcalde, Juan L ^b   Dezerega, Victor ^b   Barrera, Carlos ^b   De La Fuente, Sergio ^b  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 25444468108     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000175833.65983.ee     Document Type: Article

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