Third trimester ultrasound of fetal pyelectasis: Predictor for postnatal surgery

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-54

  Thornburg, Loralei L ^a   Pressman, Eva K ^a   Chelamkuri, Satya ^a   Hulbert, William ^a   Rabinowitz, Ronald ^a   Mevorach, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; Pyelectasis; Surgery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHRECTOMY; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELECTASIS; PYELOPLASTY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; URETEROURETEROSTOMY;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY PELVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38149073989     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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