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Fifteen-year follow-up of pulmonary function in individuals heterozygous for the cystic fibrosis phenylalanine-508 deletion.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 May 2001
Dahl M, Nordestgaard B G, Lange P, Tybjaerg-Hansen A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In a cross-sectional study, we previously showed that cystic fibrosis phenylalanine-508 deletion (DeltaF508) heterozygosity may be overrepresented among individuals with asthma. OBJECTIVE: Using 15-year follow-up data from the Copenhagen City Heart Study, we now further explore this relationship. METHODS: As part of 3 surveys in 1976 to 1978, 1981 to 1983, and 1991 to 1994, we measured pulmonary...
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