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Multidimensional clinical phenotyping of an adult cystic fibrosis patient population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Conrad Douglas J, Bailey Barbara A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a multi-systemic disease resulting from mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR) gene and has major manifestations in the sino-pulmonary, and gastro-intestinal tracts. Clinical phenotypes were generated using 26 common clinical variables to generate classes that overlapped quantiles of lung function and were based on multiple aspects of CF systemic...
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