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Evaluation of clinical and genetic characteristics of cystic fibrosis patients in the Southeastern Anatolia of Turkey.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Jan 2025
Arik Elif, Keskin Ozlem, Korkmaz Murat, Şen Velat, Hangül Melih, Cesur Mahmut, Kucukosmanoglu Ercan, Balcı Sibel Oğuzkan, Şen Hadice Selimoğlu, Savaş Suat, Doğan İlkay
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BACKGROUND: Due to the amazing developments in modulatory treatments, genetic analysis of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients has become even more important. More than 2000 disease-causing variants of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene have been found, and their ethnic and geographical distributions vary. We aimed to present the first genetic data from the Southeastern Anatolia region...
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