Preconception and prenatal cystic fibrosis carrier screening of African Americans reveals unanticipated frequencies for specific mutations

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-144

  Monaghan, Kristin G ^a   Bluhm, Denise ^a   Phillips, Michelle ^b   Feldman, Gerald L ^b,c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3120 + 1G A; African American; Carrier screening; Cystic fibrosis; G622D

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DELTAF508 GENE; G551D GENE; G622D GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; R117H 7T GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLELES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 2642512392     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GIM.0000127269.42279.83     Document Type: Article

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