Article
Diverse genotypical features and impacts on clinical course and severity of cystic fibrosis: early childhood experience.
Minerva pediatrica - 1 Jun 2011
Halicioglu O, Akman S A, Sutcuoglu S, Coker I
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Very little is known about the relationship between genotype and phenotype of cystic fibrosis (CF) from the Turkish children. The aim of the study was to analyze the genotype and phenotype of 24 children with CF and to investigate the correlation between type of mutation in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein gene and clinical manifestation of the disease. METHODS: Patients...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies
- Retrospective Studies
- Severity of Illness Index
