Cystic Fibrosis: The Facts (The ^AFacts Series) - Hardcover

Harris, Ann; Super, Maurice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019262024X ISBN 13: 9780192620248

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common genetic diseases, affecting the lungs, digestive system, and sweat glands, and beginning in early childhood. The first edition of this useful book was welcomed as a much-needed guide to cystic fibrosis by parents and relatives of people suffering from the disease. It describes the nature of cystic fibrosis, its treatment, and the special problems of patients and their families. This comprehensive and extensively updated second edition highlights the most recent advances in cystic fibrosis research. Since the recent isolation of the gene responsible for the disorder, medical understanding has greatly increased, and this new edition provides up-to-date insights for the wide readership concerned with this debilitating disease.

About this title

About the Author:

Ann Harris is the Director of the Human Molecular Genetics Program at the Children's Memorial Research Center, Northwestern University, in Chicago, USA.

Review:

From reviews of the previous edition:"The contents fluently and comprehensively cover all aspects of the disease and its treatment." Physiotherapy ... provide(s) a comprehensive introduction ... The text, which includes personal accounts of children and parents, is easy to read. Nursing Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 019262024X
• ISBN 13: 9780192620248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128