A low prevalence of cystic fibrosis in Uruguayans of mainly European descent

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 258-263

  Cardoso, Horacio ^a   Crispino, Beatriz ^a   Mimbacas, Adriana ^a   Cardoso, Manuel Enrique ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; European descent; Hereditary disease

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; URUGUAY;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; URUGUAY;

EID: 5044239895     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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