Update on selective reduction

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 807-813

  Evans, Mark I ^a,b,d   Ciorica, Doina ^b   Britt, David W ^b   Fletcher, John C ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Comprehensive Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical issues comprehensive genetics; Fetal reduction; Multiple pregnancy; Twins

Indexed keywords

CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26044454351     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1261     Document Type: Review

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