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Cystic fibrosis in a 70 year old woman
P van Biezen1, S E Overbeek, C Hilvering
1Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Dijkzigt, The Netherlands.
Thorax
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
A 68 year old woman with a lifelong history of chronic bronchitis was diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis. The diagnosis was based on a suggestive family history, steatorrhoea, bronchiectasis with respiratory insufficiency, and very high sweat sodium content. The patient was found to be heterozygous for the delta F 508 gene defect.