Assertion: cystic fibrosis's disease | /r/Causes | mutation
Facets:
value: in the cftr gene
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The disease causes a mutation (change) in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, a part of the body that determines your traits.
text: There will be a subset of individuals who received sweat test results in the intermediate range and are identified to have no or one disease causing mutation.
text: The presence of two disease causing mutations will help confirm the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
text: While blood testing and looking for disease causing mutations in the CFTR gene can help establish a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, a sweat chloride test is considered the gold standard for diagnosing cystic fibrosis.