Article
Frequency of the cystic fibrosis delta F508 mutation in a large sample of the French population.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 1990
Vidaud M, Ferec C, Attree O, Pascal O, Guillermit H, Ghanem N, Martin J, Moisan J P, Feingold J, Goossens M
Abstract excerpt
We have determined the frequency of the cystic fibrosis (CF) delta F508 mutation in a large sample of CF patients originating from different areas of France, including the greater Paris, Brittany, Alsace, Lorraine and Rhône-Alpes regions. A total of 422 CF chromosomes were studied, and the defect was found to account for 75% of the mutant alleles. In the course of the survey, a rare nucleotide sequence...
Topics
- Cystic Fibrosis
- France
- Gene Frequency
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
