Anencephaly: Changes in prenatal detection and birth status, 1972 through 1990

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1333-1338

  Limb, Charles J ^a   Holmes, Lewis B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; birth status; prenatal detection; ultrasonography, maternal serum fetoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL (BOSTON, MA); CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; MASSACHUSETTS; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SURVEY; TRENDS; VIABILITY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANENCEPHALY; BOSTON; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0028292124     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(94)70152-0     Document Type: Article

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