The influence of IVF, multiple gestation and miscarriage on the acceptance of genetic amniocentesis

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 501-503

  Elimian, Andrew ^a   Demsky, Marcy ^a   Figueroa, Reinaldo ^a   Ogburn, Paul ^a   Spitzer, Alan R ^a   Gerald Quirk, J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; IVF; Miscarriage; Multiple gestation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038123005     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.633     Document Type: Article

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