Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 490-494 , December 2009

Trends in prenatal sonography use and subsequent urologic diagnoses and abortions in the United States

  • Michael H. Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 650 721 1301; fax: +1 650 723 4055.
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  • Julie Lai

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Christopher S. Saigal

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • ,
  • the Urologic Diseases in America Project

Received 1 May 2009 ,Accepted 1 July 2009.

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PII: S1477-5131(09)00396-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2009.07.002

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 490-494 , December 2009

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