Dorothy H Andersen, A Woman in Science and her Importance in Cystic Fibrosis

Sante Di Gioia*, Md Niamat Hossain and Massimo Conese

Open Access Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences (OAJPRS)
ISSN: 2642-1143

Editorial

Dorothy H Andersen, A Woman in Science and her Importance in Cystic Fibrosis

Authors: Sante Di Gioia*, Md Niamat Hossain and Massimo Conese

DOI: 10.23880/oajprs-16000127

Volume 5, Issue 1

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the commonest autosomal recessive disease in the Caucasian population, with an incidence of 1 in 2500 newborns. Nowadays the molecular defect underlying the disease has been clarified and has become the target for both antenatal screening programmes and stratified approaches to treatment.

Keywords: Cystic Fibrosis, respiratory,

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