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More Cystic Fibrosis Patients Will Die Waiting For Lung Transplants, Predicts University Of Pittsburgh Study

of survival after transplantation.

About 3,200 patients are on the national waiting list for single or double lung transplants. Because of the nature of the disease, those with CF benefit most from double lung transplants. CF affects about 30,000 children and young adults, but one in 28 Caucasians are symptomless carriers of the gene. The symptoms include persistent wheezing and coughing and susceptibility to pneumonia as excessive mucus clogs the lungs. CF is characterized by the inability of epithelial cells, those that line the lungs and digestive organs, to secrete sodium and chloride.


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Contact: Lisa Rossi
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
23-Apr-1999


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