Congenital anomalies of the male urethra

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 851-862

  Levin, Terry L ^a   Han, Bokyung ^a   Little, Brent P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Congenital; Embryology; Male urethra

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; CONGENITAL URETHROPERINEAL FISTULA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEGAURETHRA; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; REVIEW; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHRA DUPLICATION; URETHRA FISTULA; URETHRA MALFORMATION; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHRA VALVE; URETHROPLASTY; UTRICLE;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 34547607572     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0495-0     Document Type: Review

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