Cystic Fibrosis Survival Rates: The Influences of Allergy and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1985, Pages 669-671

  Wilmott, Robert W ^a   Tyson, Saba L ^a   Matthew, Duncan J ^a  

^a Children's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN ALLERGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SKIN TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021806508     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1985.02140090031019     Document Type: Article

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