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eMedicine - Cystic Fibrosis, Thoracic : Article by Eleni Giannouli (11143 words) |
 | CF is characterized by abnormal transport of chloride and sodium across the epithelium in all exocrine tissues, leading to thick viscous secretions in the lungs, pancreas, liver, intestine, and reproductive tract and to an increased salt content in sweat gland secretions. |
| CF is caused by mutations in a single large 250,000–base pair gene on chromosome 7 that encodes the CFTR protein. |
| The diagnosis of CF is occasionally suggested by the histologic appearance of an appendix removed from a patient with acute or recurrent/chronic abdominal pain, which is characterized by an increased number of goblet cells distended with mucus and eosinophilic cast of the crypts extruding into the lumen. |
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CompactFlash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1216 words) |
| CF was among the first flash memory standards to compete with the earlier and larger PC Card Type I memory cards, and was originally built around Intel's NOR-based flash memory, though it switched over to NAND. |
| CF is among the oldest and most successful formats, and has held on to a niche in the professional camera market especially well. |
| CF devices are used in handheld and laptop computers (which may or may not take larger form-factor cards), digital cameras, and a wide variety of other devices, including desktop computers. |
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