Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 1687-1688 , December 2007

Screening for mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene in an infertility clinic

  • Jennifer Slostad, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
    • ,
  • Quinn P. Stein, M.S., C.G.C.

      Affiliations

    • Sanford Health/Ob/Gyn Ltd., Sioux Falls, South Dakota
    • Sanford Research/USD, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Sanford School of Medicine at University of South Dakota, and Sioux Valley Hospitals and Health Systems, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
    • ,
  • Jason D. Flanagan, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Sanford Health/Ob/Gyn Ltd., Sioux Falls, South Dakota
    • Sanford Research/USD, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Sanford School of Medicine at University of South Dakota, and Sioux Valley Hospitals and Health Systems, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
    • ,
  • Keith A. Hansen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sanford Health/Ob/Gyn Ltd., Sioux Falls, South Dakota
    • Sanford Research/USD, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Sanford School of Medicine at University of South Dakota, and Sioux Valley Hospitals and Health Systems, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Keith A. Hansen, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, 1400 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (FAX: 605-357-1528).

Received 22 December 2006 ,Revised 11 January 2007 ,Accepted 11 January 2007.

References 

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  2. Palomaki GE, Haddow JE, Bradley LA, FitzSimmons SC. Updated assessment of cystic fibrosis mutation frequencies in non-Hispanic Caucasians. Genet Med. 2002;4:90–94
  3. Gregg AR, Simpson JL. Genetic screening for cystic fibrosis. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2002;29:329–340
  4. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Patient Registry: Annual Data Report 2004. Available at: http://www.cff.org/ID=4573/TYPE=2676/2004%20Patient%20Registry%20Report.pdf
  5. Prenatal cystic fibrosis screening in Mexican Americans: an economic analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003;189:769–774

PII: S0015-0282(07)00225-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.065

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 1687-1688 , December 2007

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