Risk factors for lung disease progression in children with cystic fibrosis

Affiliations

• ¹ Medical Microbiology, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
• ² Dept of Medical Microbiology, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
• ³ Northern Oesophago-Gastric Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
• ⁴ Respiratory Medicine, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland.
• ⁵ Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
• ⁶ Great North Children's Hospital, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
• ⁷ Institute for Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
• ⁸ Newcastle Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• ⁹ Institute for Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK chris.ward@ncl.ac.uk.