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Salivary Amylase in the Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Author(s) -
ELLIOTT R. B.,
EYRE JANET,
ROBINSON P. G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1977.tb01893.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystic fibrosis , saliva , amylase , obligate , heterozygote advantage , gastroenterology , physiology , enzyme , biochemistry , ecology , chemistry , allele , gene , biology
Mixed submaxillary/sublingual saliva from obligate heterozygotes for cystic fibrosis shows significantly elevated concentration of amylase at high or low salivation rates compared with normals. Sixty per cent of known carriers had values outside the range of apparently normal controls.