Initial diagnoses of the patients were congenital heart disease (n=l3), cardiomyopathy (n=9), cystic fibrosis (n=7) and primary pulmonary hypertension (n=l).
Broad-based screening for cystic fibrosis and for other prevalent genetic diseases is thus jeopardized, because only educated and financially well-off individuals are utilizing it.
Cost savings and economic considerations using home intravenous antibiotic therapy for cystic fibrosis patients.
The various direct costs were estimated on a sample of sixty-five adult and pediatric patients managed for cystic fibrosis in two reference medical centers.
Recent data showed that cystic fibrosis airway mucus is anaerobic and contains low amounts of nitrate, which allows anaerobic energy generation via denitrification.
Cystic fibrosis heterozygote resistance to cholera toxin in the cystic fibrosis mouse model.
For conditions like cystic fibrosis, where the disease is both severe and inherited, preconception counselling is essential.
A human who lacks these capacities, such as someone with cystic fibrosis or emphysema, has a disease.
