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SUBMITTER: Hayden HS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7018602 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hayden Hillary S HS Eng Alexander A Pope Christopher E CE Brittnacher Mitchell J MJ Vo Anh T AT Weiss Eli J EJ Hager Kyle R KR Martin Bryan D BD Leung Daniel H DH Heltshe Sonya L SL Borenstein Elhanan E Miller Samuel I SI Hoffman Lucas R LR
Nature medicine 20200120 2
Most infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) have pancreatic exocrine insufficiency that results in nutrient malabsorption and requires oral pancreatic enzyme replacement. Newborn screening for CF has enabled earlier diagnosis, nutritional intervention and enzyme replacement for these infants, allowing most infants with CF to achieve their weight goals by 12 months of age<sup>1</sup>. Nevertheless, most infants with CF continue to have poor linear growth during their first year of life<sup>1</sup>. Al ...[more]