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Predicting the risk of cystic fibrosis with echogenic fetal bowel and one cystic fibrosis mutation.
Obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Dec 1999
Bosco A F, Norton M E, Lieberman E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess fetal risk for cystic fibrosis when echogenic bowel and one cystic fibrosis mutation are detected. METHODS: A hypothetical cohort of 1000 women with singleton pregnancies and echogenic fetal bowel during the second trimester was used to determine the probability of cystic fibrosis when one cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator mutation was detected. The risk of cystic fibrosis...
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