Jurnal Sains dan Kesehatan
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021): Jurnal Sains dan Kesehatan

Cystic Fibrosis: Review

I Gusti Agung Ari Kusuma Yana (Universitas Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Feb 2021

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a reversed autosomal genetic disease that originates from some white or caucasian races. This condition is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene, especially the CFTR Phe508del. If CFTR damage or error occurs then normal function will be disrupted and have a clinical impact on other organs or multiorgan. Complications such as the pancreas, liver, digestive tract, bone, genital, and respiratory tract that can cause most deaths in patients with cystic fibrosis. Malabsorption, inflammation, infection and lung obstruction are signs of cystic fibrosis. Therapy for cystic fibrosis is limited to the improvement of the airway mokus, recovery of infections maintained with antibiotics, improve physical health and nutrition of patients

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jsk

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

Jurnal Sains dan Kesehatan (J. Sains. Kes) (e-ISSN 2407-6082, p-ISSN 2303-0267), is a national journal with ISSN and published four times a year in 2015. In 2016 the publishing frequency changed to twice a year. In 2021 the frequency increased to six times a year. Jurnal Sains dan Kesehatan is ...