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Delta F508

Aka: Delta F508

Indications
1. Suspected false negative Sweat Test in Cystic Fibrosis
2. Predict severity of Cystic Fibrosis
3. Determine Cystic Fibrosis carrier status of siblings
Method
1. Identifies Chromosome 7 mutation
  1. Associated with 70% of Cystic Fibrosis
2. Obtain cheek epithelial cells

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This page was written by Scott Moses, MD, last revised on 10/21/2007 and last published on 5/14/2013.

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