Cystic fibrosis in black patients: Western Cape experiences

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 288-289

  Westwood, Tony ^a   Brown, Ruth ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Red Cross Hospital   (South Africa)

^c Inherited Metabolic Disease Unit at the Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PANCREAS ENZYME; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEAT TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645999677     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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