Article
Severity of chest disease in cystic fibrosis patients in relation to their genotypes.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1992
al-Jader L N, Meredith A L, Ryley H C, Cheadle J P, Maguire S, Owen G, Goodchild M C, Harper P S
Abstract excerpt
A detailed comparison of the severity of chest disease with mutational status was carried out by cross sectional study of 127 cystic fibrosis patients, aged 1 to 31 years, living in Wales. Lung disease was classified according to severity, depending on pulmonary function tests (carried out on 76...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Analysis of Variance
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Deletion
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Forced Expiratory Volume
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Infant
- Lung