Cystic fibrosis: Defining a disease under-diagnosed in Pakistan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 542-545

  Shah, Uzma ^a   Frossard, Phillipe ^b   Moatter, Tariq ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Diagnostic method; DNA sequencing; Hospital based study; Pakistan; PCR

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; DNA; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

CHLORIDE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PANCREAS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEAT TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 65649140434     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02253.x     Document Type: Article

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