Revisiting sweat chloride test results based on recent guidelines for diagnosis of cystic fibrosis

Objectives: Recent sweat chloride guidelines published by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation changed the intermediate sweat chloride concentration range from 40–59 mmol/L to 30–59 mmol/L for age > 6 months. We wanted to know how this new guideline would impact detection of cystic fibrosis among patie...

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Main Authors: Jayson V. Pagaduan, Mahesheema Ali, Michael Dowlin, Liye Suo, Tabitha Ward, Fadel Ruiz, Sridevi Devaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Practical Laboratory Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352551717300689