Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis Patients in Israel: The Importance of Ethnicity and Nutritional status

ConclusionsClinically important determinants for survival include BMI pre and 1‐year post transplantation and improved freedom from BOS. Arab ethnicity correlated with higher incidence and earlier onset of BOS compared to Jewish ethnicity in Israel.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Clinical Transplantation - September 1, 2017 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Hagit Levine, Dario Prais, Yael Raviv, Victorya Rusanov, Dror Rosengarten, Milton Saute, Moshe Hoshen, Huda Mussaffi, Hannah Blau, Mordechai R. Kramer Tags: Original Article Source Type: research