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Cystic Fibrosis in the Light of New Research provides the latest research and clinical evidence that will be useful for clinicians, scientists and researchers to further their knowledge around this fascinating condition. The authors have brought along their expertise and wealth of knowledge to produce this book, including the basic science that underlies the disease, the burden of bacterial and viral infections, immunologic aspects of CF, a variety of clinical measurements to predict prognosis and novel therapies including gene therapy. This book will be invaluable and entertaining for anyone who is involved in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis.

Cystic fibrosis. --- CF (Disease) --- Fibrocystic disease of pancreas --- Mucoviscidosis --- Pancreatic cystic fibrosis --- Fibrosis --- Genetic disorders --- Lungs --- Pancreas --- Diseases --- Medical genetics

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Living healthy is all one wants, but the genetics behind creation of every human is different. As a curse or human agony, some are born with congenital defects in their menu of the genome. Just one has to live with that! The complexity of cystic fibrosis condition, which is rather a slow-killer, affects various organ systems of the human body complicating further with secondary infections. That's what makes the disease so puzzling for which scientists around the world are trying to understand better and to find a cure. Though they narrowed down to a single target gene, the tentacles of the disease reach many unknown corners of the human body. Decades of scientific research in the field of chronic illnesses like this one surely increased the level of life expectancy. This book is the compilation of interesting chapters contributed by eminent interdisciplinary scientists around the world trying to make the life of cystic fibrosis patients better.

Cystic fibrosis. --- CF (Disease) --- Fibrocystic disease of pancreas --- Mucoviscidosis --- Pancreatic cystic fibrosis --- Fibrosis --- Genetic disorders --- Lungs --- Pancreas --- Diseases --- Respiratory medicine

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Cystic fibrosis --- CF (Disease) --- Fibrocystic disease of pancreas --- Mucoviscidosis --- Pancreatic cystic fibrosis --- Fibrosis --- Genetic disorders --- Lungs --- Pancreas --- Treatment. --- Diseases

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Women pediatricians --- Cystic fibrosis --- History. --- Pediatricians --- Women physicians --- CF (Disease) --- Fibrocystic disease of pancreas --- Mucoviscidosis --- Pancreatic cystic fibrosis --- Fibrosis --- Genetic disorders --- Lungs --- Pancreas --- Diseases --- Andersen, Dorothy Hansine.

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For most people, a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis means the certainty of a life ended too soon. But for Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and Anabel Stenzel, twin girls with the disease, what began as a family's stubborn determination grew into a miracle. The tragedy of CF has been touchingly recounted in such books as Frank Deford's Alex: The Life of a Child, but The Power of Two is the first book to portray the symbiotic relationship of twins who share this life-threatening disease through adulthood. Isabel and Anabel tell of their lifelong struggle to pursue normal lives with cystic fibrosis while grappling with the realization that they will die young. Their story reflects the physical and emotional challenges of a particularly aggressive form of CF and is an honest and gripping portrayal of the daily struggle associated with long-term hospitalization, the impact of chronic illness on marriage and family, and the importance of a support network to continuing survival. Born in 1972, seventeen years before scientists discovered the genetic mutation that causes CF, the Stenzel twins endured the daily regimen of chest percussion, frequent doctor visits, and lengthy hospitalizations. But in the face of innumerable setbacks, their deep-seated dependence on each other allowed them to survive long enough to reap the benefits of the miraculous lung transplants that marked a turning point in their lives: "We have an old life--one of growing up with chronic illness--and anew life--one of opportunities and gifts we have never imagined before." In this memoir, they pay tribute to the people who shaped their experience. These two remarkable sisters have much to teach about the power of perseverance-and about the ultimate power of hope.

Twins --- Cystic fibrosis --- CF (Disease) --- Fibrocystic disease of pancreas --- Mucoviscidosis --- Pancreatic cystic fibrosis --- Fibrosis --- Genetic disorders --- Lungs --- Pancreas --- Brothers and sisters --- Multiple birth --- Patients --- Family relationships --- Diseases --- Stenzel, Anabel, --- Stenzel Byrnes, Isabel, --- Health. --- Byrnes, Stenzel Isabel, --- Siblings