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Association of sweat chloride concentration at time of diagnosis and CFTR genotype with mortality and cystic fibrosis phenotype.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 Sept 2015
McKone Edward F, Velentgas Priscilla, Swenson Anna J, Goss Christopher H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The extent to which sweat chloride concentration predicts survival and clinical phenotype independently of CFTR genotype in cystic fibrosis is not well understood. METHODS: We analyzed the US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry data using Cox regression to examine the relationship between sweat chloride concentration (<60, 60-<80, ≥80mmol/L), CFTR genotype (high and lower risk for lung...
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