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Missense mutation R1066C in the second transmembrane domain of CFTR causes a severe cystic fibrosis phenotype: study of 19 heterozygous and 2 homozygous patients.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1997
Casals T, Pacheco P, Barreto C, Giménez J, Ramos M D, Pereira S, Pinheiro J A, Cobos N, Curvelo A, Vázquez C, Rocha H, Séculi J L, Pérez E, Dapena J, Carrilho E, Duarte A, Palacio A M, Nunes V, Lavinha J, Estivill X
Abstract excerpt
We report the clinical features of 21 unrelated cystic fibrosis (CF) patients from Portugal and Spain, who carry the mutation R1066C in the CFTR gene. The current age of the patients was higher in the R1066C/any mutation group (P < 0.01), as compared to the deltaF508/deltaF508 group. Poor values for lung radiological involvement (Chrispin-Norman) and general status (Shwachman-Kulcycki) were observed in the...
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