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Frequency of delta F508 in a Mexican sample of cystic fibrosis patients.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 1993
Orozco L, Salcedo M, Lezana J L, Chávez M, Valdez H, Moreno M, Carnevale A
Abstract excerpt
This paper reports the frequency of the delta F508 mutation in a cohort of 50 Mexican patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The mutation was detected by PCR mediated site directed mutagenesis. delta F508 was found in 39% of CF chromosomes, a frequency lower than that reported in Argentina and Spain. The high rate of CF cases who die undiagnosed, the ethnic origin of Mexican populations, and the limited number of...
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