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Risk factors for lung function decline in a large cohort of young cystic fibrosis patients.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 Aug 2015
Cogen Jonathan, Emerson Julia, Sanders Don B, Ren Clement, Schechter Michael S, Gibson Ronald L, Morgan Wayne, Rosenfeld Margaret
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OBJECTIVE: To identify novel risk factors and corroborate previously identified risk factors for mean annual decline in FEV1% predicted in a large, contemporary, United States cohort of young cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. METHODS: Retrospective observational study of participants in the EPIC Observational Study, who were Pseudomonas-negative and ≤12 years of age at enrollment in 2004-2006. The associations...
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