The purpose of our study was to assess the effect on pulmonary function of adding intravenous hydrocortisone to the standard treatment of infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) hospitalized for lower respiratory illnesses (LRI). Twenty CF infants were randomized and received 10 days of hydrocortisone (10
Chiari type I malformation in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis
β Scribed by Joshua P. Needleman; Howard B. Panitch; Karin S. Bierbrauer; Daniel V. Schidlow
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 19 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-6863
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