Improved survival in the Danish center-treated cystic fibrosis patients: Results of aggressive treatment

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Frederiksen, Birgitte ^a,b   Lanng, Susanne ^a,b   Koch, Christian ^a,b   Høiby, Niels ^a,b  

^a Pediatric Pulmonary Service   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

age at diagnosis; Cystic fibrosis; mortality rates; survival rates; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM ILEUS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE TABLES; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029921514     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199603)21:3<153::AID-PPUL1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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