Transplanting the adolescent cystic fibrosis patient: can we do it?
Bilateral lung transplantation remains a treatment for end-stage cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease when there is no further medical or surgical treatment available. The aim of lung transplantation is to improve patient life expectancy. The consensus view that lung transplantation extends life in chi...
Main Authors: | Kathleen Oshrine, Debby McGrath, Samuel Goldfarb |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-04-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465812464411 |
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