Prenatal screening for chromosome abnormalities in a region with no access to termination of pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 659-663

  Paolini, Cynthia I ^a   Gadow, Andrea ^a   Petracchi, Florencia ^a   Igarzabal, Laura ^a   Quadrelli, Roberto ^b   Gadow, Enrique C ^a  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Italiano Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Attitude; Prenatal screening; Reasons; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DECISION MAKING; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASSURANCE; URUGUAY;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 67650498980     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2270     Document Type: Article

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