False-positive results of genetic testing in cystic fibrosis.
We describe a patient in whom newborn immunoreactive trypsin screening and mutation analysis suggested a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis; however, the clinical course and sweat test results were not consistent with the diagnosis. Direct sequencing of the patient's genomic DNA showed compound heterozygosity for delta F508 and F508C, a polymorphism not associated with clinical disease.
Warren
W S
WS
Department of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine, Hershey, USA.
Hamosh
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Egan
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Rosenstein
B J
BJ
D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014357:Trypsin / Q000032:analysis
C505032:CFTR protein, human; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D014357:Trypsin