Uncertainty of sweat chloride testing: Does the right hand know what the left hand is doing?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 535-538

  Mackay, R J ^a   Florkowski, C M ^a   George, P M ^a   Sies, C W ^a   Woods, S ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; SODIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORIDES; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTROLYTES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SODIUM; SWEAT;

EID: 55949122504     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008127     Document Type: Article

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