Common CFTR gene variants influence body composition and survival in rural Ghana

Various studies in mice have found support for the hypothesis that heterozygous carriers of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutations have an increased resistance to fatal infection compared to both homozygous mutation carriers and non-carriers, while in humans such eviden...

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Autores principales: Kuningas, Maris, van Bodegom, David, May, Linda, Meij, Johannes J., Slagboom, P. Eline, Westendorp, Rudi G. J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19890664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00439-009-0762-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19890664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00439-009-0762-2

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