Article
Severity of cystic fibrosis in patients homozygous and heterozygous for delta F508 mutation.
Lancet (London, England) - 16 Mar 1991
Johansen H K, Nir M, Høiby N, Koch C, Schwartz M
Abstract excerpt
To assess the relation between genotype and severity of disease in cystic fibrosis (CF) the frequencies and extent of several features of its phenotypic expression were investigated in the 235 patients who attend the Danish CF Centre. 14 patients who attend irregularly and 3 who do not carry the delta F508 mutation at all were excluded. The case-reports of the remaining 218 patients (aged 4 months to 41 years)...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Blood Proteins
- Calgranulin A
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chronic Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Denmark
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Female
