Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics
Center for Nephrology and Metabolic Disorders
Bronchiectasis with or without elevated sweat chloride are autosomal recessive disorders caused by mutations of genes encoding the sodium channel ENaC (SCNN1A, SCNN1B, SCNN1G,). Mutations not only account for a systic fibrosis-like disease but also typical cystic fibrosis can be aggravated.
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