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Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
Hello! My husband and I have a daughter with CF (mutation d508 and g551x). Now we are thinking about having another child. Which prenatal diagnosis is available? I read about chorionic villus sampling (CVS). Is CVS done or first an amniocentese? Can this sampling really be performed in ...
01.09.2011
Cystic Fibrosis and carriers screening
Hello, Why is it not done automatically as toxoplasmosis or rubella, a search for future young parents (no history in the family) that would check if they are carriers of the gene or not? I think it would be less expensive for the Health Insurance Coverage than paying a lifetime to care for a sick ...
01.09.2011
Mutation V470M homozygous
Dear expert team, My 5-month-old niece was diagnosed with the V470M homozygous mutation. Polymorphism: In3: c.274-179G>A (rs1429566)- homozygous In9: c.1210-13G>T (RS10229820)- heterozygous I have not been able to find any hits on the internet; I assume it is a rare mutation, since our ...
30.08.2011
G551D and delta F508 mutations
Hello! My daughter has the above mutations. Can you say something about progression? Could VX770 help? She is six months old. Would an application be too early at this point?
04.08.2011
Rare mutation
Our son, almost 2 years old, has the mutations F508del and E1104V. The institute for human genetics told us that a prognosis cannot be given since his constellation was unique. Are you able to tell us something about it? Many thanks.
01.08.2011
Efficacy of VX 770
Dear expert team, I have besides F508del the mutation "FTR del 2,3". In case of the homozygous occurence of F508del, one does already know, that VX 770 is efficient only to a very small extent concerning the nasal potential difference. It is known to me, that there are at the moment no ...
01.08.2011
Mild mutations
Hello, Are there mutations that make the disease milder than others? Thank you.
19.07.2011
CFTRdele2, 3 (21kb)
Our baby has 8 months and was diagnosticated at 6 moths with CF. Now we have received the results from the genetic test:" Heterozygous carrier of a 21 kilobase deletion in the CFTR gene, which leads to a loss of exons 2 and 3 (CFTRdele2, 3 (21kb) A second mutation was not found." also, he was ...
27.06.2011
Compound heterozygous mutation delF508/R347H
Hello My daughter is currently pancreatic sufficient since birth. I guess that when the patient is compound heterozygous (mutations deltaF508 and R347H) the mildest mutation gets over the other one Will it remain so, or do studies / statistics and knowledge on the R347H mutation phenotype show ...
20.06.2011
How high is the risk of CF-pregnancy?
I am pregnant and the 3rd child of the cousin of my husband has now CF (both children before have also the gene but are not ill). I am now very afraid that my child has that, too. What can I do? My first child has nothing and in our family there is nothing known about disability or inheritable ...
08.06.2011
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