Dilated and echogenic fetal bowel and postnatal outcomes: A surgical perspective. Case series and literature review

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-193

  Jackson, C R ^a   Orford, J ^b   Minutillo, C ^b   Dickinson, J E ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

antenatal ultrasound; dilated bowel; echogenic bowel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; INTESTINE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957256176     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247523     Document Type: Article

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