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Incidence of chromosomopathies and cystic fibrosis mutations in second trimester fetuses with isolated hyperechoic bowel.
The Journal of maternal-fetal medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Stipoljev F, Sertić J, Kos M, Misković B, Obrad-Sabljak R, Stavljenić-Rukavina A, Latin V, Kurjak A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Fetal echoic bowel can be a normal second trimester ultrasonographic finding which usually disappears by 20 weeks on serial sonograms. Recent studies have suggested a possible association of hyperechoic fetal bowel with chromosomopathies and cystic fibrosis. The aim of our study is to determine the incidence of chromosomopathies and cystic fibrosis mutations among the fetuses with isolated hyperechoic...
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