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Short communication: Termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly: a population-based study 1995 to 2004
Article first published online: 12 MAR 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01279.x
RCOG 2007 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 114, Issue 5, pages 639–642, May 2007
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Wyldes, M. and Tonks, A. (2007), Short communication: Termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly: a population-based study 1995 to 2004. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 114: 639–642. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01279.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 11 APR 2007
- Article first published online: 12 MAR 2007
- Accepted 8 January 2007. Published OnlineEarly 12 March 2007.
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Keywords:
- Abortion;
- congenital;
- fetal anomaly;
- live birth;
- termination;
- TOP
Terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly (TOPFAs) were analysed over a 10-year period from a population-based congenital anomaly register covering 646 342 births. A total of 3189 cases of TOPFA were identified, prevalence of 49.3 per 10 000 registerable births. The rate of TOPFA at all gestations and at less than 16 weeks increased significantly. There were 102 cases of liveborn TOPFAs (3.2%). The proportion of liveborn TOPFAs after 22 weeks of gestation decreased significantly but below 22 weeks remains unchanged. TOPFA is increasing in frequency, occurring earlier in pregnancy. Live birth is a possible important outcome.