G542X as a probable phoenician cystic fibrosis mutation

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 419-425

  Loirat, France ^a   Hazout, Serge ^a   Lucotte, Gérard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Intl Institute of Anthropology   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

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