Total intra-individual variation in sweat sodium and chloride concentrations for the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-129

  Koerbin, Gus ^a   Greaves, Ronda F ^b   Robins, Heather ^a   Farquhar, Jodie ^a   Hickman, Peter E ^a,c  

^a ACT Pathology   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; PILOCARPINE; SODIUM;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; SWEAT; SWEAT GLAND;

ADULT; CHLORIDES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM; SWEAT;

EID: 44549087995     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.02.022     Document Type: Letter

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