Prenatal management of urogenital disorders

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Carr, Michael C ^a,b   Kim, Steve S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Fetal LUTO; Prenatal management; Urogenital disorders

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CYSTOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPOMYELOMENINGOCELE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URODYNAMICS; UROGENITAL SCINTISCANNING; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 77953501749     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2010.03.015     Document Type: Review

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