the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
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| CF |
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| cystic fibrosis |
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| fibrocystic disease of the pancreas |
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| mucoviscidosis |
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| pancreatic fibrosis |
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