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Frequency of allele variations in the CFTR gene in a Mexican population.
BMC medical genomics - 5 Nov 2021
Cantú-Reyna Consuelo, Galindo-Ramírez Roberto, Vázquez-Cantú Mercedes, Haddad-Talancón Lorenza, García-Muñoz Willebaldo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. The CF variants incidence is highly variable and even undetermined in some countries like Mexico. METHODS: In this study, the allele frequencies of 361 variants in the CFTR gene were investigated in 1455 Mexicans without a CF or CFTR-related...
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