Posterior urethral valve in fetuses: evidence for the role of inflammatory molecules.

Érica Leandro Marciano VieiraNatalia Pessoa RochaFernando Macedo BastosKátia Daniela da SilveiraAlamanda K PereiraEduardo Araújo OliveiraDébora Marques de MirandaAna Cristina Dos Santos Lopes

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2017)

This study shows that inflammatory molecules are already increased in fetuses with PUV at the mean gestational age of 22 weeks, suggesting a physiopathological role for inflammation just after the embryological formation of the urethral membrane.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
oxidative stress
urinary incontinence
mitral valve
aortic valve
heart failure
coronary artery disease
left ventricular
weight loss
weight gain