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Epidemiology and a novel procedure for large scale analysis of CFTR rearrangements in classic and atypical CF patients: a multicentric Italian study.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 Sept 2008
Tomaiuolo R, Sangiuolo F, Bombieri C, Bonizzato A, Cardillo G, Raia V, D'Apice M R, Bettin M D, Pignatti P F, Castaldo G, Novelli G
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BACKGROUND: Mutation epidemiology in each ethnic group is a crucial step of strategies for cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnosis and counselling. To date, the scanning of the whole coding region of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene permits to identify about 90% of alleles from patients bearing CF and a lower percentage in patients bearing atypical CF. CFTR rearrangements in...
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