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Geographic distribution of cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene mutations in Saudi Arabia.
Annals of tropical paediatrics - 1 Mar 1999
Banjar H, Kambouris M, Meyer B F, al-Mehaidib A, Mogarri I
Abstract excerpt
A descriptive study was undertaken to characterize the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene mutations (CFTR) in the Saudi Arabian cystic fibrosis (CF) population in relation to clinical presentation and demographic and ethnic origin. During the period October 1992 to September 1997, 70 patients from 46 families were diagnosed as having CF, based on a typical clinical picture and sweat chloride levels > 60...
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