[Delta-F508 screening of infants at the Perinatal Intensive Care Center of the city if Pécs].

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[Delta-F508 screening of infants at the Perinatal Intensive Care Center of the city if Pécs].

Orvosi hetilap - 3 Nov 1996

Stankovics J, Melegh B, Kosztolányi G

Abstract excerpt

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most frequent (1:2500), potentially lethal autosomal recessive diseases among Caucasians. Molecular genetic examination has become the most valuable method used for diagnosis or population screening. 300 newborns treated in the Perinatal Intensive Care Unit were...

Topics

Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Disorders
Cystic Fibrosis
Genes, Recessive
Homozygote
Humans
Hungary
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Mass Screening
Mutation

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