Prenatal diagnosis of prune-belly syndrome at 13 weeks of gestation: Case report and review of literature

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1263-1267

  Papantoniou, Nikolaos ^a   Papoutsis, Dimitrios ^a   Daskalakis, Georgios ^a   Chatzipapas, Ioannis ^a   Sindos, Michael ^a   Papaspyrou, Irini ^b   Mesogitis, Spiridon ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

prenatal diagnosis; Prune belly syndrome; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER DISTENSION; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URETHRA STRICTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956586225     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903544777     Document Type: Article

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