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The clinical significance of fetal echogenic bowel.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Nov 2001
Al-Kouatly H B, Chasen S T, Streltzoff J, Chervenak F A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of cystic fibrosis, aneuploidy, and intrauterine infection with toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus in second-trimester fetuses with the sonographic finding of echogenic bowel. STUDY DESIGN: All cases of echogenic bowel that were diagnosed in our ultrasound unit from 1993 to 2000 were identified. Only cases in which bowel echogenicity was as bright...
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