Delayed diagnoses of cystic fibrosis in a screened population

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 238-239

  Fitzgerald, Dominic A ^a   Sinha, Yashwant ^a   McKay, Karen ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034611372     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb123920.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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