The incidence of cystic fibrosis in Scotland calculated from heterozygote frequencies

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-49

  Brock, David J H ^a,b   Gilfillan, Annette ^a   Holloway, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele selection; Cystic fibrosis; Disease incidence; Dominant mild; Heterozygote frequency

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION RATE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031906620     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1998.531530109.x     Document Type: Article

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