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Cystic fibrosis : a guide for patient and family /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orenstein, David M., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2004]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Cystic Fibrosis.
Patient Education as Topic.
Table of Contents:
  • The basic defect
  • Making the diagnosis
  • The respiratory system
  • The gastrointestinal tract
  • Other systems
  • Nutrition
  • Hospitalization and other special treatments
  • Transplantation
  • Daily life
  • Exercise
  • Genetics
  • The family
  • The teenage years
  • Cystic fibrosis and adulthood
  • Death and cystic fibrosis
  • Research and future treatments
  • The cystic fibrosis foundation