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Sweat Testing and Recent Advances
- Source :
- Frontiers in Pediatrics, Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 9 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2021.
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Abstract
- Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common fatal genetic disease of the Caucasian population. Sweat testing is the principal diagnostic test for CF, and it is used for the evaluation of infants with positive CF newborn screening (NBS) and in patients with clinical findings suggesting CF. This article describes the classical sweat test method in detail and also provides an overwiew of recent advances.
- Subjects :
- sweat test
medicine.medical_specialty
chloride
diagnosis
Review
Disease
Pediatrics
Cystic fibrosis
RJ1-570
cystic fibrosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Gibson-Cooke
030225 pediatrics
medicine
In patient
Caucasian population
Sweat test
Newborn screening
medicine.diagnostic_test
Sweat testing
business.industry
Diagnostic test
medicine.disease
Dermatology
030228 respiratory system
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22962360
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....20743f9849ac4d7ab3b684337a331d0a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.649904