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  • Title: [Changes in the kidney and upper urinary tract in the normal course of pregnancy. Results of a sonographic study].
    Author: Hoffmann L, Behm A, Auge A.
    Journal: Z Urol Nephrol; 1989 Aug; 82(8):411-7. PubMed ID: 2683484.
    Abstract:
    In 232 women with a normal course of pregnancy the kidneys and the upper urinary tract were studied by means of ultrasonography. In 73% of the patients a dilation of the renal collecting system was found. Frequency and grade of the dilation have been increased from the first to the third trimenon, with a significant preference of the right side. A marked dilation with a sagittal diameter of the pyelon of more than 15 mm was found in only 12% of the pregnant women. In a single case during uncomplicated pregnancy also monstrous dilation could be demonstrated.
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