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Clinical phenotype of cystic fibrosis patients with the G551D mutation.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians - 1 Nov 2009
Comer D M, Ennis M, McDowell C, Beattie D, Rendall J, Hall V, Elborn J S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Data on whether the phenotype of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with compound heterozygocity for G551D (Gly551Asp) differs from patients with F508del (Phe508del) homozygous mutations is divergent. AIM: We hypothesized that CF patients with the G551D mutation would have less severe disease than F508del homozygotes. DESIGN: We compared the clinical phenotype of adult patients with a G551D mutation with...
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