The tests - for alpha-fetoprotein levels - cannot predict if the baby will have an abnormality.

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It still isn't clear what the "abnormality" was -- but more than a few people had their own suspicions.

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Sometimes parents choose to terminate a pregnancy when the fetus has a severe abnormality -- but they should make sure they have the right diagnosis before they do it.

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a heart-related abnormality, is the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes at sporting events.

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The researchers found that around 20% of CLL tumours had a faulty ATM gene, and another 10-15% had an abnormality in the p53 gene.

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If anything, we'd say the new versions might be slightly less sibilant in the treble department -- the S4 series' only glaring abnormality sound wise.

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He too was a high first-round pick, in 1996, but an abnormality in his elbow raised red flags, and the Texas Rangers rescinded their offer.

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