Prenatal cystic fibrosis screening in a low-risk population undergoing chorionic villus sampling for fetal karyotyping.

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Screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) has been offered to pregnant women seeking chorionic villus sampling (CVS) for prenatal chromosomal abnormality investigation. The mutation panel has increased over the years to include 8 mutations and can detect 65% of abnormal CF genes in the Italian population. Testing was offered to a total of 2214 consecutive pregnant women; 45 of them declined screening (take up rate:...

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