[Specific gene deletion in patients with cystic fibrosis: pilot study of a small patient cohort].

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Identification and molecular cloning of the cystic fibrosis (CF)-gene was a major progress in genetic counseling of families with one or more affected children. In caucasian families about 70% of the CF-patients show a homozygous or heterozygous deletion of one amino acid, that is phenylalanine at position 508 (delta F508). In a pilot study we examined the DNA of 14 CF-patients for F508 deletions. DNA was...

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