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

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Published in Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol on October 25, 2012

Authors

Candice Y Johnson1, Margaret A Honein, W Dana Flanders, Penelope P Howards, Godfrey P Oakley, Sonja A Rasmussen

Author Affiliations

1: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. cyjohnson@cdc.gov

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