The
Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 266 No 7141 p423-424
(1) Cystic fibrosis — the disease |
By Andrew Whitehead, MSc, MRPharmS |
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The incidence of cystic fibrosis is one in 3,500 live, white births, making it the most prevalent fatal, recessive genetic disease among Caucasians. This, the first in a series of three articles intended to mark National Cystic Fibrosis Week (March 31 to April 8), describes the disease and the systems that it affects |
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This article is available as a PDF file, here |
| Mr Whitehead is the lead pharmacist
for adult cystic fibrosis at Leeds teaching hospitals NHS trust |