First study of CF mutations in the CFTR gene of Iranian patients: Detection of ΔF508, G542X, W1282X, A120T, R117H, and R347H mutations

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 359-361

  Jalalirad, Mohammad ^a,b   Houshmand, M ^a   Mirfakhraie, R ^a   Goharbari, M H ^a   Mirzajani, F ^a  

^a NRCGEB   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 10944240570     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.6.359     Document Type: Article

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