Committee opinion No. 553: Multifetal pregnancy reduction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 2 PART 1, 2013, Pages 405-410

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GONADOTROPIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BENEFICENCE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWINS; ARTICLE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ETHICS; FEMALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL;

EID: 84873873017     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000426426.71962.2a     Document Type: Review

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