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Characterization of Ancestral Origin of Cystic Fibrosis of Patients with New Reported Mutations in CFTR.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2020
Paz-Y-Miño César, Zambrano Ana Karina, Ruiz-Cabezas Juan Carlos, Armendáriz-Castillo Isaac, García-Cárdenas Jennyfer M, Guerrero Santiago, López-Cortés Andrés, Pérez-Villa Andy, Guevara-Ramírez Patricia, Yumiceba Verónica, Leone Paola E
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of cystic fibrosis (CF) and the frequency of the variants reported for CFTR depend on the population; furthermore, CF symptomatology is characterized by obstructive lung disease and pancreatic insufficiency among other symptoms, which are reliant on the individual's genotype. The Ecuadorian population is a mixture of Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans. That population admixture could be the...
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