Is the Sweat Test Infallible in Cystic Fibrosis?
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 74 (3) , 423-426
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb10996.x
Abstract
The diagnosis of cystic fibrosis is straight forward if the clinical findings and sweat Na are considered together. Three patients are described where the diagnosis has proved difficult as both the clinical features and sweat Na have varied between normal and abnormal.Keywords
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