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How To Use cystic In A Sentence

• He was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when he was about 18 months old. The Sun
• There are about 7,000 such maladies, most of them serious, that have few or no drugs to treat them, from adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare head and neck cancer, to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, which is associated with a tumor that causes the production of high levels of stomach acid. Push to Cure Rare Diseases
• Several clinical trials are in progress for therapeutic application of genetic diseases, such as hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, ornithine transcarbamylase deficiencies.
• The effect of estrogens on fibrocystic breast disease ( FBD ) are controversial.
• In girls, hirsutism and acne may suggest polycystic ovarian syndrome.
• Previous reports suggest that cystic fibrosis airway epithelia may respond to injury by increasing proliferation.
• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is most often a complication of asthma or cystic fibrosis.
• Current areas of investigation include neurohumoral, cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating airway contractility, airway smooth muscle growth and cell surface receptor expression; regulation of postnatal development and growth of the lung; developmental effects of pulmonary inflammation and oxidative lung injury on airway and pulmonary vascular reactivity; biochemical and molecular regulation of membrane ion channels in cystic fibrosis; maturational changes in chest wall and airway function; pulmonary manifestations of sickle cell disease; the physiological basis of ventilator dependence in children with chronic respiratory insufficiency; and developmental aspects of respiratory mechanics and ventilatory control. Fellowship Program in Pulmonary Medicine
• They are made up predominantly of ectodermal components (hair, calcifications, sebaceous material) and have a large cystic component.
• Footballer Joe Cole has been announced as a new patron of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.