Relative frequencies of cystic fibrosis mutations in The Netherlands as an illustration of significant regional variation in a small country.

doi:10.1007/s004390050745

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Relative frequencies of cystic fibrosis mutations in The Netherlands as an illustration of significant regional variation in a small country.

Human genetics - 1 May 1998

Collée J M, de Vries H G, Scheffer H, Halley D J, ten Kate L P

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common autosomal recessive disorders in white populations. Significant regional differences in CF mutations among affected individuals have been reported. We have studied the geographic distribution of the relative frequencies of the three most common Dutch...

Topics

Cystic Fibrosis
Gene Frequency
Humans
Mutation
Netherlands

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