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A missense cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator mutation with variable phenotype.
Pediatrics - 1 Sept 1997
Kerem E, Nissim-Rafinia M, Argaman Z, Augarten A, Bentur L, Klar A, Yahav Y, Szeinberg A, Hiba O, Branski D, Corey M, Kerem B
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OBJECTIVE: Cystic fibrosis (CF) has variable clinical presentation. Disease severity is partially associated with the type of mutation. The aim of this study was to report genotype-phenotype analysis of the G85E mutation. PATIENTS: The phenotype of 12 patients (8 were from the same extended family, and 5 of them were siblings from 2 families) carrying at least one copy of the G85E mutation was evaluated and...
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