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Large deletions in the CFTR gene: clinics and genetics in Swiss patients with CF.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 2007
Schneider M, Hirt C, Casaulta C, Barben J, Spinas R, Bühlmann U, Spalinger J, Schwizer B, Chevalier-Porst F, Gallati S
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-shortening autosomal recessive disorder in Caucasians, and is associated with at least one mutation on each CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) allele. Some patients, however, with only one identifiable point mutation carry on the other allele, a large deletion that is not detected by conventional screening methods. The overall frequency of large deletions in...
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