Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month

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Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide),the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Cystic fibrosis: causes, diagnosis, treatment and outlook, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute 

Cystic fibrosis is included in the recommended uniform newborn screening panel, the Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children

Preconception cystic fibrosis screening in infertile couples using an expanded carrier screening test 
Higgins AS, et al. Obstet Gynecol 2014 May;123 Suppl 1:97S

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for cystic fibrosis: the Montpellier centre's 10-year experience 
Girardet A, et al. Clin Genet 2014 Apr