First report of cystic fibrosis mutations in Libyan cystic fibrosis patients

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-563

  Hadj Fredj, Sondess ^a   Fattoum, Slaheddine ^a   Chabchoub, Abdelraouf ^b   Messaoud, Taieb ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Clinique Alyssa   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

CFTR mutations; Cystic fibrosis; Libyan patients

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ABNORMALITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUCUS; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MUTATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIBYA; MALE; MUTATION;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

EID: 80051720082     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.557090     Document Type: Article

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