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Familial concordance of phenotype and microbial variation among siblings with CF.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 Oct 2004
Picard Elie, Aviram Micha, Yahav Yaakov, Rivlin Joseph, Blau Hanna, Bentur Lea, Avital Avraham, Villa Yael, Schwartz Shepard, Kerem Batsheva, Kerem Eitan
Abstract excerpt
The clinical spectrum of cystic fibrosis (CF) is influenced by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) genotype. However, variable courses of the disease were demonstrated among patients with identical genotypes. Since siblings share identical CFTR mutations and environmental factors, they can serve as a model to assess the effect of modifier genes on disease expression, and also to...
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