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The Impact of Highly Effective CFTR Modulators on Growth and Nutrition Status.
Nutrients - 24 Aug 2021
Bass Rosara, Brownell Jefferson N, Stallings Virginia A
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Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are at increased risk of malnutrition and growth failure due to multiple factors as a result of suboptimal or absent function of the CFTR chloride channel protein. Dysfunctional CFTR contributes to increased energy expenditure, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency causing impaired dietary macronutrient digestion and absorption, intestinal dysbiosis, and impaired bile acid...
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