Oligohydramnios Sequence Health Article

Prognosis

Pregnancies affected with oligohydramnios sequence can result in miscarriages, stillbirths, or death shortly after birth. This condition is almost always fatal because the lungs do not develop completely (pulmonary hypoplasia).

BOOKS

Larsen, William J. Human Embryology. Churchill Livingstone, Inc. 1993.

PERIODICALS

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Sharon A. Aufox, MS, CGC