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Re: A question regarding cystic fibrosis

From: jwang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:39:06 -0500 (CDT)


The incidence is about 1:25 in Americans of northern European descent.

At Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Anonymous wrote: >
>I just found out that I am a carrier for Cystic Fibrosis. I won't be
>able to talk to the geneticist until Friday and was wondering what the
>probability is that my husband is also a carrier. He is caucasion of N.
>European descent. He is getting tested this Wednesday but we have to
>wait 2 weeks for the results and I wanted an idea what the probability
>is.

--
J Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine

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