Potter Syndrome: Multimedia

References

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Further Reading

• Relevant clinical guidelines include the following:
  • American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria: Growth disturbances: Risk of intrauterine growth restriction.
  • American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria: Multiple gestations
  • Dilatation of the upper urinary tract (ureteropelvic junction and ureterovesical junction obstruction)
• Am bulatory Blood Pressure Measurement in Children With Congenital Urine Flow Obstruction  is a relevant clinical trial.
• Related eMedicine topics include the following:
  • Multicystic Renal Dysplasia
  • Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Polyhydramnios and Oligohydramnios
  • Prune Belly Syndrome

Keywords

Potter syndrome, Potter's syndrome, Potter disease, Potter's disease, Potter facies, Potter's facies, Potter sequence, oligohydramnios, obstructive uropathy, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, renal hypoplasia, renal coloboma syndrome, Kallmann syndrome, branchiootorenal syndrome, bilateral renal agenesis, pulmonary failure, respiratory failure, pneumothorax, acute renal failure, chronic lung disease, chronic renal failure, prune belly syndrome, hydronephrosis, pulmonary hypoplasia, Eagle-Barrett syndrome, ventricular septal defect, endocardial cushion defect, tetralogy of Fallot, patent ductus arteriosus, treatment, diagnosis

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Vellore K Sairam, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, India
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Luther Travis, MD, William W Glauser Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Nephrology and Diabetes, University of Texas Medical Branch and Children's Hospital
Luther Travis, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Federation for Medical Research, International Society of Nephrology, and Texas Pediatric Society
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Laurence Finberg, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco and Stanford University
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Howard Trachtman, MD, Program Director, Pediatrics Research, Schneider Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Chief Editor

Craig B Langman, MD, The Isaac A Abt, MD, Professor of Kidney Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Division Head of Kidney Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
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