Fetal Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-390

  Wu, Serena ^a   Johnson, Mark Paul ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis and management; Bladder shunt; Fetal surgery intervention; Lower urinary tract obstruction; Obstructive uropathy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SURVIVAL; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67549137908     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.03.010     Document Type: Review

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