Successful outcome following prenatal intervention in a female fetus with bladder outlet obstruction

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1107-1110

  Jung, Eui ^a   Won, Hye Sung ^a   Shim, Jae Yoon ^a   Lee, Pil Ryang ^a   Kim, Ahm ^a   Kim, Kun Suk ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bladder outlet obstruction; Female fetus; Prenatal intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 29544438986     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1285     Document Type: Article

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