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Clinical features associated with a delayed diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases - 1 Jan 2000
McCloskey M, Redmond A O, Hill A, Elborn J S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The majority of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are diagnosed in the first decade of life. In a small number of patients, the diagnosis is not made until later. OBJECTIVE: In this study, the clinical and genetic features of patients diagnosed after the age of 10 were examined. METHODS: All living patients in Northern Ireland diagnosed prior to 1983, when neonatal screening was introduced, were...
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