Cystic fibrosis: Cell culture classes in a Danish population
โ Scribed by B. Shannon Danes; B. Beck; E. Winge Flensborg
- Book ID
- 119838625
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 378 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9163
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common autosomal recessive disease in Caucasian populations. The Spanish CF population is highly heterogeneous, with more than 70 different mutations causing CF. Since the CFTR gene was cloned, we have performed 81 prenatal diagnoses for 74 couples. Sixty-nine cases