Abortion, Eugenic
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Termination of pregnancy due to fetal abnormalities performed after 23 weeks' gestation: analysis of indications in 144 cases from a single medical center.

22 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND/AIMS: To assess the indications for late termination (> or =23 weeks' gestation) of pregnancy (LTOP), and to evaluate the rate of cases potentially diagnosable earlier. METHODS: Cases of singleton pregnancy ending in LTOP due to fetal ... Read more...

No change in the age of diagnosis for fragile x syndrome: findings from a national parent survey.

3 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine recent trends in the diagnosis of children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and identify factors associated with the timing of diagnosis. METHODS: More than 1000 families of children with FXS participated in a national survey. ... Read more...

Prenatal screening for chromosome abnormalities in a region with no access to termination of pregnancy.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To analyze the different variables that affect couples' decision-making about prenatal screening of chromosome abnormalities in a population with limited access to prenatal diagnosis and no legal termination of pregnancy (TOP). METHODS: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Abortion, Eugenic'

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• Sex ratio imbalance worsens in Vietnam. 22 Oct 2009
• Prevention of intellectual and developmental disabilities. 30 Jul 2009
• Termination of pregnancy due to fetal abnormalities performed after 23 weeks' gestation: analysis of indications in 144 cases from a single medical center. 22 Jul 2009
• No change in the age of diagnosis for fragile x syndrome: findings from a national parent survey. 3 Jul 2009
• Prenatal screening for chromosome abnormalities in a region with no access to termination of pregnancy. 29 Jun 2009
• Gastroschisis and absence of the septum pellucidum: an accidental association? 29 Jun 2009
• Prenatal diagnosis of Gollop-Wolfgang Complex. 29 Jun 2009
• Prenatal diagnosis of Williams syndrome based on ultrasound signs. 29 Jun 2009
• Platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia San Diego type (thanatophoric dysplasia type 1) associated with trisomy 21 presenting with nuchal translucency: a case report. 29 Jun 2009
• Joubert syndrome with bilateral polymicrogyria: clinical and neuropathological findings in two brothers. 29 Jun 2009
• A case of successful selective abortion using radio-frequency ablation in twin pregnancy suffering from severe twin to twin transfusion syndrome. 14 Jun 2009
• Women's expectations and intention to terminate pregnancy in case of abnormal findings at the second trimester level II ultrasound scan. A prospective, questionnaire-based, cross-sectional survey. 8 Jun 2009
• Prenatal sonographic findings in a fetus with splenogonadal fusion limb defect syndrome. 30 May 2009
• Factors influencing the duration of pregnancy termination with vaginal misoprostol for fetal abnormality. 29 Apr 2009
• A non-mosaic tetraploidy in the long-term culture of chorionic villi with a trisomy 13 in concomitant amniocytes. 29 Apr 2009
• Prenatal diagnosis of a case of ectrodactyly in 2D and 3D ultrasound. 15 Apr 2009
• Neural tube defects in Australia: trends in encephaloceles and other neural tube defects before and after promotion of folic acid supplementation and voluntary food fortification. 30 Mar 2009
• Neurosonography to detect brain injury in a surviving monochorionic twin after demise of its co-twin. 27 Feb 2009
• First-trimester prenatal sonographic diagnosis of omphalocele-exstrophy-imperforate anus-spinal defects complex. 27 Feb 2009
• Prenatal identification of isolated bilateral radial dysplasia. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Abortion, Eugenic'

Definition: Abortion performed because of possible fetal defects.

Descriptor UI: D000025

Alternative terms: Abortion, Eugenic; Eugenic Abortion; Abortions, Eugenic; Eugenic Abortions; Abortion, Selective; Abortions, Selective; Selective Abortions; Selective Abortion;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E04.520.050.050;

History Note: 91(75); was see under ABORTION, INDUCED 1975-90

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; don't forget also check tags HUMANS or ANIMALS & FEMALE & PREGNANCY