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Detection of CFTR mutations using PCR/ARMS in a sample of Algerian population.
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Jan 2000
Sediki Fatima Zohra, Radoui Abdelkarim, Cabet Faiza, Zemani-Fodil Faouzia, Saidi-Mehtar Nadhira, Boudjema Abdallah
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common autosomal recessive disease in Caucasians. Wrongly considered as a European disease, CF is found in Algeria; but the literature data on the clinical profile and the spectrum of CFTR gene mutations are poor. In this study we investigate twenty-four unrelated Algerian families, with at least one child with CF. DNA extracts from blood samples of patients and parents were...
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