Congenital megalourethra: Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal/autopsy findings in 10 cases

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 678-683

  Amsalem, H ^a   Fitzgerald, B ^a   Keating, S ^a   Ryan, G ^a   Keunen, J ^a   Pippi Salle, J L ^b   Berger, H ^c   Aiello, H ^d   Lucas, O ^d   Bernier, F ^e   Chitayat, D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corpora cavernosa; corpora spongiosa; fetus; LUTO; megacystis; megalourethra; oligohydramnios; renal failure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PENIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETHRA;

AUTOPSY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRA;

EID: 79957622465     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8862     Document Type: Article

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