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The influence of genetics on cystic fibrosis phenotypes.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine - 1 Dec 2012
Knowles Michael R, Drumm Mitchell
Abstract excerpt
Technological advances in genetics have made feasible and affordable large studies to identify genetic variants that cause or modify a trait. Genetic studies have been carried out to assess variants in candidate genes, as well as polymorphisms throughout the genome, for their associations with heritable clinical outcomes of cystic fibrosis (CF), such as lung disease, meconium ileus, and CF-related diabetes. The...
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