Cystic fibrosis: Low frequency of DF508 mutation in 2 population samples from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Cabello, Giselda M K ^a   Moreira, Adriana F ^a   Horovitz, Dafne ^a   Correia, Patrícia ^a   Santa Rosa, Abilio ^a   Llerena, Juan ^a   Greg, Jeff ^b   Grody, Waine W ^b   Degrave, Wim M ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^a   Cabello, Pedro H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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