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1The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE, United Kingdom.
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
|April 10, 2019
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NICE produced a guideline for the diagnosis and management of CF (NG78) in October 2017. This paper describes the process of producing the guideline and highlights some of the areas covered by it, including ideas for further research and tools that can be used by purchasers to help improve CF care.
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