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Prospective evaluation of resting energy expenditure, nutritional status, pulmonary function, and genotype in children with cystic fibrosis.
Pediatric research - 1 Oct 1996
Zemel B S, Kawchak D A, Cnaan A, Zhao H, Scanlin T F, Stallings V A
Abstract excerpt
Growth failure and malnutrition are common clinical features in cystic fibrosis (CF), but the relationships among resting energy expenditure (REE), pulmonary function, and nutritional status, are poorly understood. To better understand these relationships, REE, growth, nutritional status, and pulmonary function were measured prospectively in 25 prepubertal children with CF and 26 prepubertal control subjects of...
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