Megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome: In utero sonographic appearance and the contribution of vesicocentesis in antenatal diagnosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 765-769

  Hidaka, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Kawamata, Kazuya ^a   Chiba, Yoshihide ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal urinalysis; Megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome; Sonographic appearance; Vesicocentesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHLORINE; SODIUM; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

FETAL RENAL FUNCTION; FETAL URINALYSIS; MEGACYSTIS-MICROCOLON-INTESTINAL HYPOPERISTALSIS SYNDROME; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE; VESICOCENTESIS;

DIAGNOSIS;

CHLORIDE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROURETER; INTESTINE DISTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MACHINE; NEEDLE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUNCTURE; SHUNTING; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYNDROME MMIH; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; VESICOCENTESIS;

EID: 33744819472     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.6.765     Document Type: Article

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