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  • Title: Feasibility study of community control programmes for cystic fibrosis: memorandum from a WHO/ICF(M)A meeting.
    Journal: Bull World Health Organ; 1990; 68(6):709-15. PubMed ID: 2073710.
    Abstract:
    As a result of improved medical services and diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF), it has in recent years become clear that this is a common genetic disorder with a worldwide distribution. The average life expectancy of CF patients is very low in the developing world, but in developed countries this fatal childhood disease is becoming a chronic disorder persisting into adult life. In western Europe and North America the average life expectancy is now about 25 years, with a fatal outcome, so that CF represents one of the most serious of inherited life-threatening conditions. It remains to be shown whether very early diagnosis and treatment can further improve the prognosis.
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