Health-related quality of life of patients with cystic fibrosis assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire
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Health-related quality of life of patients with cystic fibrosis assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire.
INTRODUCTION Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder, which is most common among Caucasians. There are about 100,000 people suffering from this disorder in the world, including 25 000 in Europe. Although the first mention of cystic fibrosis is thought to have occurred in 1595, recognition of the entire clinical spectrum of CF and the resultant development of contemporary knowledge occurred i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2299-8292,0867-7077
DOI: 10.5603/piap.2014.0003