Impact of elective termination on the occurrence of severe birth defects identified in a hospital-based active malformations surveillance program (1999 to 2002).

Emma G ThomasM Hassan ToufailyMarie-Noel WestgateAnne-Therese HuntAngela E LinLewis B Holmes

Published in: Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology (2016)

In the surveillance for malformations among newborn infants, the inclusion of malformed fetuses from elective terminations had a significant effect on the number of infants with the more severe malformations identified. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 106:659-666, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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