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Fertility Problems Associated with Cystic Fibrosis
Author(s) -
Neri Alexander,
Ovadia Yardena
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00536.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystic fibrosis , fertility , life expectancy , gestation , disease , obstetrics , multisystem disease , pregnancy , gynecology , population , environmental health , genetics , biology
A case of a cystic fibrosis patient with two pregnancies that ended in deliveries at 30 and 29 weeks' gestation, respectively, is presented. The author suggests that the increased life expectancy of cystic fibrosis patients because of therapeutic advances will increase the need to examine the association and effects of fertility in individuals with this genetic disease.