The role of autopsy following pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 445-449

  Dickinson, Jan E ^a,b,c   Prime, Danielle K ^a   Charles, Adrian K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Women and Infants Research Foundation   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fetal anomaly; Pregnancy termination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AUTOPSY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 35948981925     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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