Amniotic band syndrome with limb amputation after exposure to mifepristone in early pregnancy

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Sentilhes, Loïc ^a,b   Patrier, Sophie ^b   Chouchene, Sadok ^b   Diguet, Alain ^a   Berthier, Aurélien ^a   Marpeau, Loïc ^a   Verspyck, Eric ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Elbeuf General Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Amniotic band syndrome; Malformations; Mifepristone; Teratogenesis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE;

AMNION BAND SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECISION MAKING; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUCED ABORTION; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; PARITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SIDE EFFECT; SPOTTING; TISSUE SECTION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ADULT; AMNIOTIC BAND SYNDROME; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33845754864     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095844     Document Type: Article

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