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RESULTS OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS IN THE USA, 1992–2002
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In the USA about 12% of all deaths of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) are due to complications of lung transplantation. There is uncertainty, however, about the overall effects of lung transplantation on survival. Now a study (Theodore G Liou and colleagues. New England Journal of Medicine 2007;357:2143–52; see also editorial, ibid: 2186–8) has suggested …