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How can identifying congenital conditions be different today than it was 50 years ago?
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See below: Now with better genetic testing, more experience and the ability with ultrasound to detect fetal abnormalities in utero (in the womb) we are much better at working out what the abnormalities are.
Answered 4/24/2015
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