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The cystic fibrosis (CF) gene deletion F508 was studied in a Belgian population of 74 families and their 83 CF children. The haplotypes for CF and normal chromosomes had previously been determined with several linked DNA probes. In our CF population, the gene deletion F508 was found in 76% of the mutant alleles. Of the deletion F508, 97% segregated with the highest risk haplotype for the CF carrier status. Some 61% of our families were found to be homozygous for this major CF mutation. Each of our three pancreatic sufficiency patients (two of whom were siblings) was heterozygote for the F508 deletion.
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Bonduelle, M., Lissens, W., Malfroot, A. et al. The deletion F508 is the major gene mutation in a representative Belgian cystic fibrosis population. Hum Genet 85, 395–396 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02428271
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02428271