Termination of pregnancy following prenatal diagnosis in France: How severe are the foetal anomalies?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 531-539

  Dommergues, Marc ^a   Mandelbrot, Laurent ^b   Mahieu Caputo, Dominique ^c   Boudjema, Noel ^d   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^d  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Foetal and placental pathology; Genetic counselling; Legal and ethical; Maternal serum screening; Psychosocial; Termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly (TOPFA)

Indexed keywords

TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FRANCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952751370     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2510     Document Type: Article

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