Identification of common cystic fibrosis mutations in African-Americans with cystic fibrosis increases the detection rate to 75%

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1122-1127

  Macek Jr , Milan ^a,b   Mackova, Alice ^a,b   Hamosh, Ada ^a   Hilman, Bettina C ^c   Selden, Robert F ^d   Lucotte, Gerard ^e   Friedman, Kenneth J ^f   Knowles, Michael R ^f   Rosenstein, Beryl J ^a   Cutting, Garry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INTRON; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 16944366526     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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