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The Genetic Analysis of Cystic Fibrosis Patients With Seven Novel Mutations in the CFTR Gene in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey.
Balkan medical journal - 1 Nov 2021
Erdoğan Murat, Köse Mehmet, Pekcan Sevgi, Hangül Melih, Balta Burhan, Kiraz Aslıhan, Akıncı Gönen Gizem, Zamani Ayşe Gül, Yıldırım Mahmut Selam, Ramaslı Gürsoy Tuğba, Ezgu Fatih, Şişmanlar Eyüpoğlu Tuğba, Tana Aslan Ayse
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BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis, a pulmonary disease which is an autosomal recessive, inherited, multisystemic genetic disease commonly seen in the Caucasian race, is the most frequent cause of mortality and morbidity. So far, more than 2000 disease-causing gene variants have been found and this number has been increasing with the studies conducted. Although there is not yet enough data that include the Turkish...
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