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Cystic Fibrosis

by (author) Paul Caldwell Dr. & Wayne Kepron Dr.

Publisher
Key Porter Books
Initial publish date
Jan 2004
Category
General, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552634813
    Publish Date
    Jan 2004
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

In Cystic Fibrosis, Dr. Wayne Kepron offers a comprehensive look at this complex disease. Cystic Fibrosis is the most common incurable genetic disorder known to medicine, affecting approximately 3,000 individuals in Canada and 30,000 in the United States. Symptoms include bowel complaints and failure to thrive in infants, and breathing difficulties and unexplained coughing or episodes of pneumonia later in childhood.BIO:WAYNE KEPRON, MD, FRCPC, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. He has been a respirologist at Manitobas Health Sciences Centre/Respiratory Hospital for over 25 years.

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