Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 451-455 , December 2007

Elective pregnancy termination in a large cohort of women with hyperemesis gravidarum

Some data in this paper were presented in preliminary form at the 55th Annual Clinical Meeting of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 5–9, 2007, San Diego, CA [Obstet Gynecol 2007;109(4):1195S].

  • Borzouyeh Poursharif

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    • ,
  • Lisa M. Korst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Women's and Children's Hospital, 5K40, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Tel.: +1 323 226 3306; fax: +1 323 226 2710.
    • ,
  • Kimber W. MacGibbon

      Affiliations

    • Hyperemesis Education and Research Foundation, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA
    • ,
  • Marlena S. Fejzo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    • ,
  • Roberto Romero

      Affiliations

    • NICHD, NIH, DHHS, Perinatology Research Branch, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • T. Murphy Goodwin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA

Received 9 July 2007 ,Revised 30 August 2007 ,Accepted 30 August 2007.

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☆ This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.08.009

Contraception
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