Congenital lower urinary tract obstruction: A population-based epidemiological study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1455-1464

  Malin, G ^a,b   Tonks, A M ^c   Morris, R K ^a,d   Gardosi, J ^c   Kilby, M D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c West Midlands Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO); prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL LOWER URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, EUGENIC; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ENGLAND; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STILLBIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 84867582591     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03476.x     Document Type: Article

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