"Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Selective abortion of one or more embryos or fetuses in a multiple gestation pregnancy. The usual goal is to improve the outcome for the remaining embryos or fetuses.
| Descriptor ID |
D018607
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.520.050.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal- Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal
- Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction
- Multifetal Pregnancy Reductions
- Pregnancy Reductions, Multifetal
- Reduction, Multifetal Pregnancy
- Reductions, Multifetal Pregnancy
Embryo Reduction- Embryo Reduction
- Embryo Reductions
- Reduction, Embryo
- Reductions, Embryo
Fetal Termination, Selective- Fetal Termination, Selective
- Fetal Terminations, Selective
- Selective Fetal Termination
- Selective Fetal Terminations
- Termination, Selective Fetal
- Terminations, Selective Fetal
- Fetal Reduction
- Fetal Reductions
- Reduction, Fetal
- Reductions, Fetal
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal" by people in Profiles.
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Fetal gender and sonographic assessment of crown-rump length: implications for multifetal pregnancy reduction. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Sep; 24(4):399-401.
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