[ 名 ]
嚢胞性線維症
■ 最も一般的な先天的な病気
the most common congenital disease
■ 子供の肺、腸とすい臓が濃い粘液で詰まる
the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus
■ 一つの遺伝子の欠陥に起因する
caused by defect in a single gene
■ 療法は全く知られていない
no cure is known
→
cf
,
fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
,
mucoviscidosis
,
pancreatic fibrosis