Treatment of cystic fibrosis in adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1291-1297

  Hamer, Louis ^a   Parker, Henry Worth ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INFERTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STEATOSIS;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0029840712     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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