Racially equitable diagnosis of cystic fibrosis using next-generation DNA sequencing: a case report
Abstract Background Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the most prevalent autosomal recessive inherited disease in Caucasians. Rates of CF were thought to be negligible in non-Caucasians but growing epidemiological evidence shows CF is more common in Indian, African, Hispanic, Asian, and other ethnic gr...
Main Authors: | Bennett O. V. Shum, Glenn Bennett, Akash Navilebasappa, R. Kishore Kumar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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Series: | BMC Pediatrics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02609-z |
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