Meconium ileus (MI) is a perinatal complication in cystic fibrosis (CF), which is only minimally influenced by environmental factors. We derived and examined MI prevalence (MIP) scores to assess CFTR ...

Figure 1: Meconium ileus GWAS identifies SNPs associated with genome-wide significance. GWAS-HD prioritization in the context of cystic fibrosis was based on the knowledge that a major source of ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in CFTR and is characterized by dysfunction of the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines. Approximately 15% of babies with CF are born with an obstruction ...

HYDROGEN peroxide has come into common usage in the treatment of neonatal intestinal obstruction due to inspissated meconium since Olim and Ciuti 1 described its use in 2 cases of meconium ileus in ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in CFTR and is characterized by dysfunction of the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines. Approximately 15% of babies with CF are born with an obstruction ...

Why this is important:- Liver disease is the third most common cause of mortality in people with cystic fibrosis, and around 10 to 30% of people with cystic fibrosis will develop ...

Caused due to mutations in the CFTR and characterized by lung, pancreas, liver and intestinal dysfunction, cystic fibrosis is a serious condition Caused due to mutations in the CFTR and characterized ...