Preconception and prenatal cystic fibrosis carrier screening of African Americans reveals unanticipated frequencies for specific mutations.

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PURPOSE: It is recommended that cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier screening be made available to African Americans who are either pregnant or planning a pregnancy. We analyzed the carrier and mutant allele frequencies for African Americans undergoing CF carrier screening in our laboratories. METHODS: Between December 2001 and September 2003, we performed carrier screening for 2189 African Americans, testing for at...

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