Pregnancy termination following prenatal diagnosis of anencephaly or spina bifida: A systematic review of the literature

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 857-863

  Johnson, Candice Y ^a,b   Honein, Margaret A ^a   Dana Flanders, W ^b   Howards, Penelope P ^b   Oakley, Godfrey P ^b   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Metaanalysis; Prenatal diagnosis; Spina bifida; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ASIA; BIRTH DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AMERICAS; ANENCEPHALY; ASIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 84869380238     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23086     Document Type: Review

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