Fetal lower urinary tract obstruction

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 464-470

  Lissauer, David ^a   Morris, Rachel K ^a   Kilby, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lower urinary tract obstruction; Posterior urethral valves; Vesico amniotic shunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA MALFORMATION; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRA; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 35649024747     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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