Measurement of fetal urine production to differentiate causes of increased amniotic fluid volume

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-195

  Lee, S M ^a   Jun, J K ^a   Lee, E J ^b   Lee, J H ^a   Park, C W ^a   Park, J S ^a   Syn, H C ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Medison Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D ultrasonography; Fetal bladder volume measurement; Fetal urine production rate; Polyhydramnios; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLADDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINE;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URINE;

EID: 77956156783     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7519     Document Type: Article

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