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To the Editor: In their article on mutations of the cystic fibrosis gene in patients with chronic pancreatitis, Sharer et al. (Sept. 3 issue)¹ concluded that the frequency of carriers of the 5T allele was significantly higher in these patients than in the general population. However, we believe that this conclusion may be incorrect. The authors did not use for comparison the control group of 600 unrelated partners of persons with a family history of cystic fibrosis in the northwest of England.² Rather, they used the series studied by Kiesewetter et al.,³ which included persons from the United States, Northern . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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