Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that results in abnormal viscous mucoid secretions in multiple organs and whose main clinical features are pancreatic insufficiency and chronic endobronchial infection. Although it was initially defined and diagnosed based on clinical features and sweat chloride measurement, an in...

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