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- Title
Mid-trimester hyperechogenic bowel in a fetus of Japanese origin carrying a new mutation of CFTR gene (L548Q).
- Authors
Yamamoto, M; Molina-Gomes, D; Girodon-Boulandet, E; Moulis, M; Leroy, B; Simon-Bouy, B; Selva, J; Ville, Y
- Abstract
We present a case of a fetus with hyperechogenic bowel, in which the L548Q mutation was detected in the mother of Japanese origin and the deltaF508 mutation in the father of Caucasian origin. The fetus proved to be compound heterozygous. Research into cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutations in this case was triggered by the fact that the fetus had a characteristic hyperechogenic bowel image with normal karyotype and no indications of intrauterine infections. Hyperechogenic bowel is highly indicative of a CFTR gene mutation. The incidence of cystic fibrosis (CF) in fetuses with mid-trimester hyperechogenic bowel is 5%, but once the most frequent mutations have been accounted for, rarer mutations must be investigated.
- Publication
Prenatal Diagnosis, 2006, Vol 26, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
0197-3851
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/pd.1310