The cystic fibrosis ΔF508 gene mutation
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Rose Ann Padua; Neil Warren; David Grimshaw; Melissa Smith; Christopher Lewis; J
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Following the observation that relatives of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients have an increased mortality due to leukaemia, a study was initiated to determine whether leukaemia patients had an increased prevalence of the DF508 CF mutation. No increase in carriers were found among leukaemias; however the