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Increased frequency of cystic fibrosis deltaF508 mutation in bronchiectasis associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jun 1999
Puéchal X, Fajac I, Bienvenu T, Desmazes-Dufeu N, Hubert D, Kaplan J C, Menkès C J, Dusser D J
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the clinical characteristics and the possible involvement of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene in patients with symptomatic diffuse bronchiectasis (DB) associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Twenty-six patients with both RA and DB (group RA+DB) and control groups of 29 consecutive patients with RA but no bronchiectasis (group RA) and 29 patients with...
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