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A new approach for identifying non-pathogenic mutations. An analysis of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene in normal individuals.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2000
Bombieri C, Giorgi S, Carles S, de Cid R, Belpinati F, Tandoi C, Pallares-Ruiz N, Lazaro C, Ciminelli B M, Romey M C, Casals T, Pompei F, Gandini G, Claustres M, Estivill X, Pignatti P F, Modiano G
Abstract excerpt
Given q as the global frequency of the alleles causing a disease, any allele with a frequency higher than q minus the cumulative frequency of the previously known disease-causing mutations (threshold) cannot be the cause of that disease. This principle was applied to the analysis of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutations in order to decide whether they are the cause of cystic...
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