Screening may improve cystic fibrosis outcomes
Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:26 PM EST
... NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) who are identified through newborn screening have improved growth, better overall health, and require fewer long-term therapies than those who are identified later in life when symptoms appear, new research suggests. ...
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- Cystic Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Cystic Hygroma
- Screening
- Prenatal Screening
- Electrodermal screening
- Genetic Testing
- Prenatal Screening/tests
- Mastitis
- Cystic changes in the brain
- Fibrosis
- Medullary cystic kidney disease
- Retroperitoneal fibrosis
- Hepatic Fibrosis
- Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Lung scarring (fibrosis)
- Prenatal Testing
- Progressive massive fibrosis (scarring)
- Deformity of the arm, shoulder contracture or fibrosis (frozen shoulder)

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