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Severe CF manifestation with anaemia and failure to thrive in a 394delTT homozygous patient.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 Mar 2004
Kahre Tiina, Teder Maris, Panov Maarja, Metspalu Andres
Abstract excerpt
We report on a 394delTT homozygous cystic fibrosis (CF) patient with severe disease progression. At the diagnosis made at the age of 2.5 months, he suffered from macrocytic anaemia as the most prominent symptom of CF, malnutrition, hypoproteinaemia and profound hypoalbuminaemia, but demonstrated only minimal pulmonary symptoms. Abnormal sweat chlorides confirmed the diagnosis of CF. Severe pulmonary and liver...
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