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Pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis gene mutations.
Gastroenterology clinics of North America - 1 Sept 1999
Choudari C P, Lehman G A, Sherman S
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease with multisystem involvement in which defective chloride transport across membranes causes dehydrated secretions. The protein encoded by the CF gene--the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)--functions as a cyclic adenosine monophosphate-regulated chloride channel. The ability to detect CFTR mutations has led to the recognition of its association...
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