Inhibition of the motility of gill cilia of Dreissensia by plasma of cystic fibrosis patients and their parents.

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Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas is the commonest recessive disease in Britain, with a frequency of approximately 1 in 2000 live-born children (Hall and Simpkiss, 1968). A test for the heterozygous carriers of the mutant gene concerned is therefore