Gastrointestinal Outcomes and Confounders in Cystic Fibrosis
Drucy Borowitz
Search for more papers by this authorPeter R Durie
Search for more papers by this authorLane L Clarke
Search for more papers by this authorSteven L Werlin
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher J Taylor
Search for more papers by this authorJohn Semler
Search for more papers by this authorRobert C De Lisle
Search for more papers by this authorPeter Lewindon
Search for more papers by this authorSteven M Lichtman
Search for more papers by this authorMaarten Sinaasappel
Search for more papers by this authorRobert D Baker
Search for more papers by this authorSusan S Baker
Search for more papers by this authorHenkjan J Verkade
Search for more papers by this authorMark E Lowe
Search for more papers by this authorVirginia A Stallings
Search for more papers by this authorMorteza Janghorbani
Search for more papers by this authorRoss Butler
Search for more papers by this authorJames Heubi
Search for more papers by this authorDrucy Borowitz
Search for more papers by this authorPeter R Durie
Search for more papers by this authorLane L Clarke
Search for more papers by this authorSteven L Werlin
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher J Taylor
Search for more papers by this authorJohn Semler
Search for more papers by this authorRobert C De Lisle
Search for more papers by this authorPeter Lewindon
Search for more papers by this authorSteven M Lichtman
Search for more papers by this authorMaarten Sinaasappel
Search for more papers by this authorRobert D Baker
Search for more papers by this authorSusan S Baker
Search for more papers by this authorHenkjan J Verkade
Search for more papers by this authorMark E Lowe
Search for more papers by this authorVirginia A Stallings
Search for more papers by this authorMorteza Janghorbani
Search for more papers by this authorRoss Butler
Search for more papers by this authorJames Heubi
Search for more papers by this authorThis workshop was sponsored by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Individual authors were supported by National Institutes of Health grants DK048816 (LLC), DK 56791 (RCD), HD 033060 and DK 053100 (MEL), R42 DK48537 and R44 DK48190 (MJ) and Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity, Special Trustees Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust, Cystic Fibrosis Trust (CJT), and Solvay Pharmaceuticals (RB).
JS is compensated and has an equity position in SmartPill™. MJ is the president and part owner of BioChemAnalysis Corporation.

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