THE INCIDENCE OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS
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MICHAEL R. KOSOROK; WEN-HSIANG WEI; PHILIP M. FARRELL
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We develop a statistical model for estimating cystic fibrosis (CF) incidence among infants born in the U.S.A. that accounts for under-diagnosis due to death prior to diagnosis and we apply it to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry data for the years 1989 to 1991. The resulting estimate o