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Life-tables for cystic fibrosis.
The past 5 years have seen a continuing improvement in life expectancy in cystic fibrosis.
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OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) followed at a university referral center for CF. METHODS A cross-sectional study involving application of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire (CFQ) and Shwachman score in CF patients between April of 2008 and June of 2009. RESULTS The sample consisted of 75 patients. The mean age was 12.5 ± 5.1 years (range, 6...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5524.1238