A cross-sectional study of growth, nutritional status and body proportions in children and adolescents at a medical center specializing in the treatment of cystic fibrosis in Poland.

CONCLUSIONS: The factors that most affected somatic development were infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the time at which the disease was diagnosed. Chronic infection by P. aeruginosa and type of CFTR mutation were the factors that most affected pulmonary function parameters. PMID: 25861303 [PubMed]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25861303?dopt=Abstract

Source: Archives of Medical Science - June 3, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Arch Med Sci Source Type: research