Cystic fibrosis: defining a disease under-diagnosed in Pakistan.

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OBJECTIVE: Cystic fibrosis is frequently missed in the Pakistani population due to lack of appropriate diagnostic tools. Thus our aim was to define unknown disease-causing mutations to help create suitable diagnostic tests and improve understanding of what appears to be an aggressive and under-diagnosed disease in this population. METHODS: Patients with elevated sweat chloride values and clinically suspected CF...

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