Does fetal bladder drainage have a role? PLUTO - A trial long overdue

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 794-795

  Whittle, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RCOG   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FETUS BLADDER; FETUS WASTAGE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; URINARY BLADDER; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 34250329071     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01383.x     Document Type: Note

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