Sweat testing in newborns positive to neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Taccetti, G ^a   Festini, F ^a   Braccini, G ^a   Campana, S ^a   De Martino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEAT TEST;

AGING; CHLORIDES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEAT; TRYPSIN;

EID: 4444223018     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.048934     Document Type: Article

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