Frequencies of cystic fibrosis mutations in the Maine population: High proportion of unknown alleles in individuals of French-Canadian ancestry

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-209

  Bayleran, Janet K ^a   Yan, Hailing ^a   Hopper, Catherine A ^a   Simpson, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ALLELES; CANADA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 0029991573     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050192     Document Type: Article

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