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Cystic fibrosis mutations and genotype-pulmonary phenotype analysis.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 Jan 2006
Braun Andrew T, Farrell Philip M, Ferec Claude, Audrezet Marie Pierre, Laxova Anita, Li Zhanhai, Kosorok Michael R, Rosenberg Marjorie A, Gershan William M
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BACKGROUND: Although there are more than 1000 mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, most of them are uncommon and only limited information exists regarding genotype-pulmonary phenotype relationships. METHODS: We determined and classified the CFTR mutations using denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and developed new, quantitative methods to categorize...
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