Perinatal care and outcome of fetuses with trisomies 13 and 18 following a parental decision not to terminate the pregnancy

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-237

  Sibiude, Jeanne ^a   Gavard, Laurent ^a   Floch Tudal, Corinne ^a   Mandelbrot, Laurent ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Grieving; Natural history; Prenatal diagnosis; Trisomy 13; Trisomy 18

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18;

CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENTS; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRISOMY;

EID: 79954992048     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322133     Document Type: Article

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