Cystic fibrosis mutations among African Americans in the southeastern United States.

Abstract excerpt

Since the cloning of the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene and the identification of delta F508, the most common CF mutation, screening the general population for CF has been vigorously debated. Adding to the controversy is the question of whether screening should be offered to African Americans, whose incidence of CF (1/17,000) is much lower than that of whites (1/2500). We tested for five common mutations (delta F508,...

Topics

• Black People
• Cystic Fibrosis
• DNA Mutational Analysis
• Humans
• Mutation
• Southeastern United States
• Black or African American