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SUBMITTER: Miller AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6983448 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miller Aaron C AC Comellas Alejandro P AP Hornick Douglas B DB Stoltz David A DA Cavanaugh Joseph E JE Gerke Alicia K AK Welsh Michael J MJ Zabner Joseph J Polgreen Philip M PM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20191227 3
Autosomal recessive diseases, such as cystic fibrosis (CF), require inheritance of 2 mutated genes. However, some studies indicate that CF carriers are at increased risk for some conditions associated with CF. These investigations focused on single conditions and included small numbers of subjects. Our goal was to determine whether CF carriers are at increased risk for a range of CF-related conditions. Using the Truven Health MarketScan Commercial Claims database (2001-2017), we performed a popu ...[more]