Cystic Fibrosis: Overview

Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 599-610

  Bebok Z ^a   Collawn, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

CFTR; Cystic fibrosis; Mucoviscidosis; Pancreas insufficiency; Respiratory diseases; Sweat test

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951657530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370879-6/00105-8     Document Type: Chapter

References (8)

1. Kirk K.L., Dawson D.C. The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator 2003, Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York.
2. Riordan J.R. Assembly of functional CFTR chloride channels. Annual Review of Physiology 2005, 67:29.1-29.18.
3. Welsh M.J., Ramsey B., Accurso F.J., Cutting G.R. Cystic fibrosis. The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease 2001, 5121-5188. McGraw-Hill, New York. 8th edn. C.R. Scriver, A.L. Beaudet, W.S. Sly (Eds.).
4. Yankaskas J.R., Marshall B.C., Sufian B., Simon R.H., Rodman D. Cystic Fibrosis Adult Care, Consensus Conference Report. Chest 2004, 125:1S-39S.
5. This is a database of mutations in the CFTR gene and is currently maintained by the laboratory of Lap-Chee Tsui. http://www.genet.sickkids.on.ca.
6. This is a database maintained by the laboratory of Dr Margarida Amaral that provides information on CFTR expression, function, and detection. http://central.igc.gulbenkian.pt.
7. This is a patient registry that was started by the CF Foundation to track the condition of patients with CF in the US. The registry is updated yearly by the CF Foundation. http://www.cff.org.
8. The cited issue of the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis summarizes the consensus work of the European Cystic Fibrosis Network and provides detailed information about CFTR structure, function, genetics, and disease models. http://www.sciencedirect.com.