The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 1 , Pages 25-32, January 2008

Time Trends in Birth Incidence of Cystic Fibrosis in Two European Areas: Data from Newborn Screening Programs

  • Virginie Scotet, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U613, Brest, France
    • Univ of Brest, France
    • Blood center, Brest, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Virginie Scotet, PhD, Inserm U613, Génétique Moléculaire et Génétique Épidémiologique, 46 Rue Félix Le Dantec, BP 62025, 29220 Brest Cedex 2, France.
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  • Baroukh M. Assael, MD

      Affiliations

    • Azienda Hospital, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Verona, Italy
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  • Ingrid Duguépéroux, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U613, Brest, France
    • Univ of Brest, France
    • Blood center, Brest, France
    • ,
  • Anna Tamanini, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Azienda Hospital, Laboratory of Chimical and Clinical Analyses and Hematologica, Verona, Italy.
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  • Marie-Pierre Audrézet, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U613, Brest, France
    • Univ of Brest, France
    • Blood center, Brest, France
    • Hospital of Brest, Laboratory of molecular genetics, Brest, France
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  • Claude Férec, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U613, Brest, France
    • Univ of Brest, France
    • Blood center, Brest, France
    • Hospital of Brest, Laboratory of molecular genetics, Brest, France
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  • Carlo Castellani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Azienda Hospital, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Verona, Italy

Received 24 April 2007; received in revised form 5 July 2007; accepted 25 July 2007. published online 22 October 2007.

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 Supported by a grant from the French CF Association “Vaincre La Mucoviscidose” and from the hospital program of clinical research “Evolution of the molecular epidemiology of CF in the western part of France.”

PII: S0022-3476(07)00709-3

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.046

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