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- Title
Successful pregnancy and birth after IVF in a woman with cystic fibrosis.
- Authors
Rodgers, Helen C.; Knox, Alan J.; Toplis, Philip J.; Thornton, Simon J.; Rodgers, H C; Knox, A J; Toplis, P J; Thornton, S J
- Abstract
As survival increases, patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are often confronted with reproductive issues. Initial reports gave conflicting advice regarding the outcome of pregnancy in CF. However a recent large longitudinal study of pregnancies in CF women suggested that pregnancy has little impact on morbidity or mortality. Reduced fertility in CF women has been described, possibly due to thickened cervical mucus, and intrauterine insemination (IUI) has been used to overcome this. We report the first woman with CF, to our knowledge, to be successfully treated with IVF after repeated failed attempts at IUI.
- Subjects
INFERTILITY treatment; TREATMENT of pregnancy complications; CYSTIC fibrosis; FERTILIZATION in vitro; INFERTILITY; GENETIC mutation; GENETIC carriers; IMPACT of Event Scale; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Human Reproduction, 2000, Vol 15, Issue 10, p2152
- ISSN
0268-1161
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/humrep/15.10.2152