Persistent cloaca: A 10-year review of prenatal diagnosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-407

  Livingston, Jeffrey C ^a   Elicevik, Mehmet ^b   Breech, Lesley ^c   Crombleholme, Timothy M ^c   Peña, Alberto ^c   Levitt, Marc A ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital; Persistent cloaca; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANTENATAL DIAGNOSIS; COMMON FINDINGS; CONGENITAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PERSISTENT CLOACA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; URINARY TRACT;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CLOACA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CLOACA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84857804663     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.3.403     Document Type: Review

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