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Cystic fibrosis in the Basque country: high frequency of mutation delta F508 in patients of Basque origin.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1992
Casals T, Vázquez C, Lázaro C, Girbau E, Giménez F J, Estivill X
Abstract excerpt
The Basque population is one of the oldest populations of Europe. It has been suggested that the Basques arose from a population established in western Europe during the late Paleolithic Age. The Basque language (Euskera) is a supposedly pre-Indo-European language that originates from the first settlers of Europe. The variable distribution of the major cystic fibrosis (CF) mutation (delta F508 deletion) in...
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