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The cystic fibrosis conductance regulator gene exon sequence is normal in a patient with edematous eosinophilic nasal polyps.
American journal of rhinology - 1 Jan 2000
Bucholtz G A, Ejercito V S, Burmester J K
Abstract excerpt
Nasal polyps are the most common mass lesions found in the nose and their etiology is unknown. Nasal polyps from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are histologically distinct from nasal polyps from patients without CF. It has been suggested that a mutation (G551D) of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene may play a role in nasal polyp formation in patients without CF. To investigate the...
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