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Complete mutational screening of the CFTR gene in 120 patients with pulmonary disease.
Human genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Bombieri C, Benetazzo M, Saccomani A, Belpinati F, Gilè L S, Luisetti M, Pignatti P F
Abstract excerpt
In order to determine the possible role of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene in pulmonary diseases not due to cystic fibrosis, a complete screening of the CFTR gene was performed in 120 Italian patients with disseminated bronchiectasis of unknown cause (DBE), chronic bronchitis (CB), pulmonary emphysema (E), lung cancer (LC), sarcoidosis (S) and other forms of pulmonary disease. The 27 exons...
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