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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

Related topics

Related topics

34 relations
Aborted Fetus (structure)Abortifacient AgentsAbortion ApplicantsAbortion Failure

Narrower (5)

Abortion, Drug-InducedAbortion, EugenicAbortion, RivanolEmbryotomy

Broader (4)

Fertility Control, PostconceptionOperative Surgical ProceduresPerinatal disorderPregnancy loss

Papers overview

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Detection of chromosomal aberration in fetuses arising from recurrent spontaneous abortion by comparative genomic hybridization.
Chromosomal abnormalities (mostly aneuploidy) account for approximately 50% of fetal losses in the first 8-15 weeks of gestation… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Stress-induced murine abortion associated with substance P-dependent alteration in cytokines in maternal uterine decidua.
Stress is known to induce abortions, but underlying mechanisms are unknown. Both alloimmunization and injection of antibody to… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Triploidy and chromosomes.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
When is termination of pregnancy during the third trimester morally justifiable?
The question whether to terminate pregnancy during the third trimester involves a moral conflict. We argue that such termination… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
The effects of induced abortion on subsequent reproduction.
This review of the longterm impact of induced abortion on reproductive function includes a comprehensive survey of the… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Temporal aspects of the regulation of corpus luteum function by luteinizing hormone, prolactin and placental luteotrophin during the first half of pregnancy in the rat.
Intact rats were injected once, subcutaneously, with either 1.0 mg of ergocornine, free base (ECO), to prevent prolactin release… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Changing placental concentrations of human chorionic gonadotropin and its subunits during gestation.
ABSTRACT The secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) varies quantitatively as well as qualitatively throughout pregnancy… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Letter: Convulsions and prostaglandin-induced abortion.
615 terminations of pregnancy have been performed in Oxford over a 3-year period with prostaglandins as the prime abortifacient… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Birth weight and genital mycoplasmas in pregnancy.
Abstract To ascertain the relation between mycoplasmas in the cervix and urine of pregnant women and the outcome of pregnancy… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
THERAPEUTIC ABORTION AND INDUCTION OF LABOUR BY THE INTRAVAGINAL ADMINISTRATION OF PROSTAGLANDINS E2 AND F2α
In 45 women pregnancy was terminated in the first and second trimesters and in 10 labour was induced at term by the intravaginal… 
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