Categories of δF508 homozygous cystic fibrosis twin and sibling pairs with distinct phenotypic characteristics

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-293

  Mekus, Frauke ^a   Ballmann, Manfred ^a   Bronsveld, Inez ^b   Bijman, Jan ^c   Veeze, Henk ^d   Tümmler, Burkhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Cell Biology ^*  (Germany)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affected relative pair; Algorithm based selection; Cystic fibrosis disease severity; Extreme phenotypes; Twin and sibling study

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR DELTA F508;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIBLING; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITALIZATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUTATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECESSIVE GENE; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034570596     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905200320565256     Document Type: Article

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