Article
Clinical and genetic risk factors for cystic fibrosis-related liver disease.
Pediatrics - 1 Jan 1999
Wilschanski M, Rivlin J, Cohen S, Augarten A, Blau H, Aviram M, Bentur L, Springer C, Vila Y, Branski D, Kerem B, Kerem E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to define the role of possible risk factors for the development of cystic fibrosis (CF)-related liver disease and to analyze the association between liver disease and the different genotypes present in the Israeli CF patient population. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Arabs
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Israel
- Jews
- Liver Diseases
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
