Diagnosing and managing cystic fibrosis in the developing world

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Kabra, Sushil K ^a   Kabra, M ^a   Shastri, S ^a   Lodha, R ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (India)

Author keywords

cystic fibrosis; developing countries; diagnosis; sweat testing; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINE; CHLORIDE; CYSTEINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PILOCARPINE; SERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THREONINE; VITAMIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETITIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NURSE TRAINING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ONSET AGE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEAT TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TITRIMETRY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MUTATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33745190037     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2006.04.218     Document Type: Review

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