Importance of renal abnormalities first identified in the third trimester after normal findings on a detailed second-trimester structural fetal survey

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1567-1572

  Shipp, Thomas D ^a,b   Nguyen, Hiep T ^c   Bromley, Bryann ^a,b   Lyons, Jennifer G ^d   Benacerraf, Beryl R ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Renal abnormalities; Structural survey; Third trimester

Indexed keywords

SURGERY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

FETAL SURVEYS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; POSTNATAL IMAGING; RENAL ABNORMALITIES; SONOGRAPHIC; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; STRUCTURAL SURVEYS; THIRD TRIMESTER;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 80655135542     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.11.1567     Document Type: Article

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