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Association between genetically determined pancreatic status and lung disease in adult cystic fibrosis patients.
Chest - 1 Jan 2002
Loubières Yann, Grenet Dominique, Simon-Bouy Brigitte, Medioni Jacques, Landais Paul, Férec Claude, Stern Marc
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STUDY OBJECTIVES: The association between genotype and phenotype in cystic fibrosis (CF) has been clearly established for pancreatic status, but not for lung disease. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: A respiratory unit of a teaching hospital. PATIENTS: We studied 51 adult CF patients for whom current data and genotype were available. Thirty-seven patients carried two severe mutations associated with...
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