Acute Muscle Trauma due to Overexercise in an Otherwise Healthy Patient with Cystic Fibrosis

• Main Authors: Henning Neubauer (Author), Clemens Wirth (Author), Katharina Ruf (Author), Helge Hebestreit (Author), Meinrad Beer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common inherited diseases and is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene. Although the pulmonary and gastrointestinal manifestations of the disease remain in the focus of treatment, recent studies have shown expression of the CFTR gene product in skeletal muscle...