TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Case Study: Cystic Fibrosis A1 - Tucker, Carole A. A2 - Effgen, Susan K. PY - 2013 T2 - Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children AB - Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive condition affecting approximately 30,000 Americans and 60,000 people worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1,000 new cases are diagnosed yearly in the United States, with a known incidence of 1 per 3,900 live births. The disease prevalence varies greatly by ethnicity, with the highest prevalence occurring in Western European descendants and within the Ashkenazi Jewish population. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1134003567 ER -