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[Molecular genetics principles in cystic fibrosis. An example of genetic illness in pneumology].
Der Internist - 1 Jun 2003
Tümmler B, Stuhrmann M
Abstract excerpt
The generalized exocrinopathy cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by molecular lesions in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. The basic defect of this autosomal-recessive disorder manifests in decreased permeability for chloride ions across the apical epithelial membrane. Of the more than 1,000 known CFTR mutations the most frequent mutation F508del occurs on about 70% of North- and...
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