Fetal reduction 2008

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-393

  Evans, Mark I ^a,b,c   Britt, David W ^a,d  

^a Fetal Medicine Foundation of America   (United States)

^b Comprehensive Genetics ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Chorionic villus sampling; Multifetal pregnancy; Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; CAREER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TREND STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 58149263330     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3283079b93     Document Type: Review

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