Mild CF in a ΔF508/R347H compound heterozygote woman: Does the manifestation of this genotype differ in the two sexes?

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-105

  Kosztolányi, György ^a,b   Malik, Naseem ^a   Rutishauser, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestation; Cystic fibrosis; Genotype phenotype correlation; Rare mutations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029979495     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb04338.x     Document Type: Article

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