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A Novel Missense Mutation A1081P in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Gene Identified in a Laotian Patient with Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens
A1 Laboratoire de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaires, Hôpital Cochin Paris, France A2 Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France A3 Service de Médecine de la Reproduction, CHU Jean Verdier, Bondy Cedex, France
Cystic fibrosis is the most common autosomal disorder in the Caucasion population. However, the disease is rare in Asia and little is known about the spectrum of CF transmembrane conductance regulator, CFTR, mutations in this population. We studied a 39-year-old Loatian patient with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens and identified a novel missense mutation in exon 17b (3373G>C). Identification of novel mutations in this Asian population is of particular interest when designing a genetic testing strategy in Asian countries and also in other countries where immigration from Asia is common.
* Correspondence: Dr Thierry Bienvenu, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaires, Hôpital Cochin, 123 blvd de Port Royal, 75014 Paris, France. E-mail <bienvenu{at}cochin.inserm.fr>