Analysis of 40 known cystic fibrosis mutations in South African patients.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1994.tb04405.x

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Analysis of 40 known cystic fibrosis mutations in South African patients.

Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 1994

Goldman A, Jenkins T, Ramsay M

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A total of 140 South African (SA) Caucasoid cystic fibrosis (CF) families were analysed for the common CF mutation, delta F508. The 52 non-delta F508 CF chromosomes in a subset of 127 of these families were also tested for 39 other known CF mutations. The most frequent mutation, apart from delta...

Topics

Cystic Fibrosis
DNA Mutational Analysis
Gene Frequency
Humans
Molecular Epidemiology
Mutation
South Africa

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