Thirty Years of Sweat Chloride Testing at One Referral Center

Thirty Years of Sweat Chloride Testing at One Referral Center

ObjectiveTo conduct a descriptive analysis of the sweat test (ST), associating ST results with epidemiological data, CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) mutations and reasons to indicate the ST, as well as correlating sweat sodium and sweat chloride concentrations in subjects....

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Main Authors: Alethéa Guimarães Faria, Fernando Augusto Lima Marson, Carla Cristina Souza Gomez, Maria de Fátima Servidoni, Antônio Fernando Ribeiro, José Dirceu Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
cystic fibrosis
diagnosis
sweat chloride
sweat sodium
sweat test
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2017.00222/full

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