Misdiagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
Open Access
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 62 (12) , 1271-1273
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.62.12.1271
Abstract
On reassessment of 179 children who had previously been diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis seven (4%) were found not to have the disease. The importance of an accurate sweat test is emphasised as is the necessity to prove malabsorption or pancreatic abnormality to support the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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