Lung clearance index to characterize clinical phenotypes of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis

Lung clearance index to characterize clinical phenotypes of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis

Abstract Background Lung clearance index (LCI) is accepted as an early marker of lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF), however the utility of LCI to identify subgroups of CF disease in the paediatric age group has never been explored. The aim of the study was to characterize phenotypes of children w...

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Main Authors: Simone Gambazza, Federico Ambrogi, Federica Carta, Laura Moroni, Maria Russo, Anna Brivio, Carla Colombo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Lung clearance index
Cystic fibrosis
Pediatrics
Phenotypes
Time-to-event data
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01903-5

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