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Pancreatic insufficiency and pulmonary disease in German and Slavic cystic fibrosis patients with the R347P mutation.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1995
Varon R, Stuhrmann M, Macek M, Kufardjieva A, Angelicheva D, Magdorf K, Jordanova A, Savov A, Wahn U, Macek M
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the gene for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) that codes for a cAMP-regulated chloride channel. The R347P is a missense mutation located within the first membrane spanning domain (MSD1) of the CFTR protein. This mutation occurs with an overall worldwide frequency of about 0.2%. The patients, originally described with this mutation were...
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