Prenatally diagnosed portocaval shunt and postnatal outcome: A case report

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 537-540

  Manning, Nicky ^a   Impey, Lawrence ^a   Lindsell, David ^a   Lakhoo, Kokila ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Portal vein; Portocaval shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER HILUS; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPLENIC VEIN; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 4043135861     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.947     Document Type: Article

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