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Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex infection associated with the IVS8-T5 allele of the CFTR gene.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jul 2007
Mai H N, Hijikata M, Inoue Y, Suzuki K, Sakatani M, Okada M, Kimura K, Kobayashi N, Toyota E, Kudo K, Nagai H, Kurashima A, Kajiki A, Oketani N, Hayakawa H, Tanaka G, Shojima J, Matsushita I, Sakurada S, Tokunaga K, Keicho N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The T5 allele in intron 8 (IVS8) on specific haplotype backgrounds (e.g., long TG repeats) causes abnormal splicing in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, and is also known to be associated with chronic airway diseases. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the ro...
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