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Uncommon clinical presentation of cystic fibrosis in a patient homozygous for a rare CFTR mutation: a case report.

Joanna JaworskaAleksandra Marach-MocarskaDorota Sands
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2020)
Although CF is considered a monogenic disorder, the relationship between genotype and phenotype is very complex. The reported case shows the unusual presentation of the disease. The patient's clinical symptoms and laboratory findings, in combination with molecular test results, provide useful information for further observing the genotype-phenotype correlations in cystic fibrosis.
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