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Evaluation of body mass index percentiles for assessment of malnutrition in Egyptian children with cystic fibrosis /

Ahmed Shawky Abdelbasir

Evaluation of body mass index percentiles for assessment of malnutrition in Egyptian children with cystic fibrosis / تقييم نقص النمو فى الاطفال المصريين المصابين بمرض التليف الحويصلى عن طريق معدل كتلة الجسم Ahmed Shawky Abdelbasir ; Supervised Mona Mohsen Elattar , Dina Hossam Eldine Hamed , Noha Musa Azab - Cairo : Ahmed Shawky Abdelbasir , 2013 - 142 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine- Department of Pediatrics

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a multisystem disorder affecting many organs including the lung, gastrointsyinal tract, pancreas and liver failure to thrive is a common presentation of undiagnosed children and adults diagnosed with CF which may worsen as the disease progresses. The lung affection is characterized by dehydration of airway surface liquid and impaired mucociliary clerance



BMI percentiles Cystic fibrosis Malnutrition