Characteristics of women who undergo second-trimester abortion in the setting of a fetal anomaly

Contraception

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-68

  Kerns, Jennifer L ^a   Swanson, Megan ^a   Pena, Sherri ^b   Wu, Danny ^c   Shaffer, Brian L ^d   Tran, Susan H ^d   Steinauer, Jody E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilation and evacuation; Fetal anomaly; Induction termination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COUNSELING; DILATION AND EVACUATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 82755198050     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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