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SUBMITTER: O'Hare EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8577736 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Hare Elizabeth M EM Jelin Angie C AC Miller Jena L JL Ruano Rodrigo R Atkinson Meredith A MA Baschat Ahmet A AA Jelin Eric B EB
Fetal diagnosis and therapy 20190321 6
Anhydramnios caused by early anuria is thought to be universally fatal due to pulmonary hypoplasia. Bilateral renal agenesis and early fetal renal failure leading to anhydramnios constitute early pregnancy renal anhydramnios (EPRA). There have been successful reports of amnioinfusions to promote lung growth in the setting of EPRA. Some of these successfully treated EPRA fetuses have survived the neonatal period, undergone successful dialysis, and subsequently received a kidney transplant. Conver ...[more]