TY - JOUR T1 - Does newborn screening influence the young cystic fibrosis cohort included in national registries? JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.00686-2016 VL - 49 IS - 1 SP - 1600686 AU - Kris De Boeck AU - Anne Munck AU - Isabelle de Monestrol AU - Vincent Gulmans AU - Lydie Lemonnier AU - Peter G. Middleton AU - Simeon Wanyama AU - Muriel Thomas Y1 - 2017/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/49/1/1600686.abstract N2 - Cystic fibrosis newborn screening (NBS), has not yet become a reality in all countries. We therefore compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of young children included in national cystic fibrosis registries from countries with and without NBS. We hypothesised that registries from countries with NBS would contain a higher proportion of milder and equivocal cases.National cystic fibrosis newborn screening programmes lead to changes in the composition of the CF registry cohort http://ow.ly/12o8304uinUAll patients, cystic fibrosis centre directors and personnel who contribute to national cystic fibrosis registries. ER -