[Molecular diagnosis of cystic fibrosis].

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Cystic fibrosis [CF] is the most common autosomal recessively inherited disease in the caucasian population. Based upon the population frequency of approximately 1 in 2000 in Switzerland, the heterozygote frequency can be calculated to be 1 in 22. The genetic basis for CF has been shown to be mutations in the gene coding for an epithelial membrane chloride channel, the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance...

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