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Cystic fibrosis, third edition
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There have been major advances in our understanding of the pathology, genetics and evidence-based management of cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is also the title of an up-to-date text book, now published in its third edition under the editorship of three authorities on the disease from the Royal Brompton Hospital in London.
The book starts with a chapter that provides a succinct historical perspective which demonstrates the impressive observations and skills of a few clinicians at the beginning of the last century, and summarises the …