Outcome of chromosomally abnormal pregnancies in Lebanon: Obstetricians' roles during and after prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 525-534

  Eldahdah, Lama T ^a   Ormond, Kelly E ^b   Nassar, Anwar H ^c   Khalil, Tayma ^d   Zahed, Laila F ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosome aneuploidy; Lebanon; Pregnancy termination; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEBANON; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34347241303     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1721     Document Type: Article

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