346 Clinical manifestations of cystic fibrosis among patients diagnosed in childhood and patients diagnosed in adulthood
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Cystic fibrosis diagnosed in adult patients.
AIM To review the presentation, diagnosis and long-term, clinical follow-up of cystic fibrosis in adult patients diagnosed in adulthood at Green Lane Hospital. METHODS A retrospective review of the case notes of patients with cystic fibrosis diagnosed in adulthood at Green Lane Hospital or referred there for management. Information was collected on diagnostic tests, including sweat tests and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1569-1993
DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(07)60317-8