Cystic fibrosis: recent advances in genetics and molecular biology.

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal hereditary disease of Caucasians, occurring once for every 2,000 live births. One out of 20 persons in the United States white population is a heterozygous carrier. An autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance is well established. The disease affects the respiratory and digestive tracts most severely. Despite the clearcut hereditary nature of the disease, insight...

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