Induced abortion (procedure)

Known as: Abortion, induced, Abortions (Induced), Termination of pregnancy 
Intentional removal of a fetus from the uterus by any of a number of techniques. (POPLINE, 1978)
National Institutes of Health

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Fertility Control, PostconceptionOperative Surgical ProceduresPerinatal disorderPregnancy loss

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Induced abortion (procedure)
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standards characteristics
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2015
Review
2015
Health care providers’ perceptions of and attitudes towards induced abortions in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative data
BACKGROUND Unsafe abortions are a serious public health problem and a major human rights issue. In low-income countries, where… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Hospital admissions resulting from unsafe abortion: estimates from 13 developing countries.
BACKGROUND Complications from unsafe abortion are believed to account for the largest proportion of hospital admissions for… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Risk factors for legal induced abortion-related mortality in the United States.
OBJECTIVE To assess risk factors for legal induced abortion-related deaths. METHODS This is a descriptive epidemiologic study… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Decidual and peripheral blood CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in early pregnancy subjects and spontaneous abortion cases.
Human pregnancy represents a situation of semiallograft to maternal host. Therefore, it has been reported that tolerance to the… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Overt and subclinical hypothyroidism complicating pregnancy.
We studied the evolution of 150 pregnancies corresponding to 114 women (16-39 years old) with primary hypothyroidism. Fifty-one… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Maternal age and fetal loss: population based register linkage study.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the association between maternal age and fetal death (spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Defective production of both leukemia inhibitory factor and type 2 T-helper cytokines by decidual T cells in unexplained recurrent abortions
Leukemia inhibitory factor is essential for embryo implantation, and a shift from type 1 T-helper to type 2 T-helper response at… (More)
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1985
Highly Cited
1985
Retinoic acid embryopathy.
Retinoic acid, an analogue of vitamin A, is known to be teratogenic in laboratory animals and has recently been implicated in a… (More)
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1983
Highly Cited
1983
Anticardiolipin antibodies: detection by radioimmunoassay and association with thrombosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.
A new solid-phase radioimmunoassay for the detection of anticardiolipin antibodies is 200-400 times more sensitive than the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
A cytogenetic study of 1000 spontaneous abortions.
Cytogenetic analysis of 1000 spontaneous abortions showed 463 to have an abnormal chromosome constitution. The proportion of… (More)
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