Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
"Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chloride channel that regulates secretion in many exocrine tissues. Abnormalities in the CFTR gene have been shown to cause cystic fibrosis. (Hum Genet 1994;93(4):364-8)
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D019005
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D12.776.157.530.100.304.500 D12.776.157.530.400.175.125 D12.776.157.530.450.074.500.500.500.500 D12.776.543.550.450.175.125 D12.776.543.585.100.304.500 D12.776.543.585.400.175.125 D12.776.543.585.450.074.500.500.500.500
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Genetic modifiers of lung disease in cystic fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2005 Oct 06; 353(14):1443-53.