Is there a gender gap in cystic fibrosis children?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 100, Issue 47, 2007, Pages 35-37

  Buchdahl, Roger ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548120911     PISSN: 02675331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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