Article
Severe cystic fibrosis associated with a deltaF508/R347H + D979A compound heterozygous genotype.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 1998
Hojo S, Fujita J, Miyawaki H, Obayashi Y, Takahara J, Bartholomew D W
Abstract excerpt
This report is concerned with twins with cystic fibrosis (CF). They are of mixed parentage: Japanese mother and German father. One case is presented with meconium ileus as a neonate. The other patient did relatively well until the age of 6 years when she was first hospitalized and diagnosed with...
Topics
- Adult
- Alanine
- Arginine
- Asparagine
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- Female
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Histidine
- Humans
- Male
- Point Mutation
