Aslı İmran Yılmaz, Sevgi Pekcan, Tuğba Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu, Melih Hangül, Hüseyin Arslan, Ayşe Ayzıt Kılınç, Haluk Çokuğraş, Elif Arık, Özlem Keskin, Ali Özdemir, Murat Ersoy, Ali Ersoy, Mehmet Köse, Beste Özsezen, Gökçen Ünal, Ömür Ercan, Saniye Girit, Sinem Can Oksay, Yasemin Gökdemir, Bülent Karadağ, Velat Şen, Erkan Çakır, Hasan Yüksel, Merve Nur Tekin, Ayşe Tana Aslan
Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the population of Arab refugees in Turkey has rapidly increased. While cystic fibrosis (CF) is believed to be rare among Arabs, recent studies suggest it is underdiagnosed. This study aims to present the demographic, clinical, and genetic characteristics of CF patients among Arab refugees in Turkey. Additionally, a comparison is made between the findings in the National CF Registry 2021 in Turkey (NCFRT) and the refugee CF patient group. The study included refugee patients between the ages of 0 and 18 years who were diagnosed with CF and received ongoing care at pediatric pulmonology centers from March 2011 to March 2021...
January 24, 2024: European Journal of Pediatrics