A new insertion/deletion of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene accounts for 3.4% of cystic fibrosis mutations in Sardinia: Implications for population screening

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 499-503

  Faà, Valeria ^a   Bettoli, Pietro Pellegrini ^b   Demurtas, Maria ^b   Zanda, Maurizio ^c   Ferri, Vincenzina ^c   Cao, Antonio ^a   Rosatelli, Maria Cristina ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^c BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INTRON; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33748608530     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2006.050146     Document Type: Article

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