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. Breast-feeding has been linked with increased arterial distensibility in later life and thus may predispose to hypertension. From ?Duration of breast feeding and arterial distensibility in early adult life: population based study?. Leeson C, Kattenhorn M. BMJ 2001;322:643-7: It is an unusual occur...

Cystic Fibrosis - an autosomal recessive disease affecting 1 in 2500 births in the Caucasian population and carrier rate is 1 in 25. It occurs due to a gene mutation on chromosome 7 (at ?F508 in 78% of UK CF patients). This is the gene which codes for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFT...