Airway infection, systemic inflammation and lung clearance index in children and adults with cystic fibrosis

Katherine O'Neill, Judy M. Bradley, Alastair Reid, Damian G. Downey, Jacqueline Rendall, John McCaughan, John E. Moore, Michael M. Tunney, J. Stuart Elborn

Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (2) 1701704; 10.1183/13993003.01704-2017
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases

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