Absent gallbladder on fetal ultrasound: Prenatal findings and postnatal outcome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 673-677

  Shen, O ^a   Rabinowitz, R ^a   Yagel, S ^b   Gal, M ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

amniocentesis; aneuploidy; cystic fibrosis; fetal digestive enzymes; prenatal non visualized gallbladder; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; BLOOD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79957621993     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8861     Document Type: Article

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