A reference interval for sweat chloride in infants aged between five and six weeks of age

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Jayaraj, Rajamanickam ^a   Barton, Paul V ^b   Newland, Paul ^b   Mountford, Roger ^c   Shaw, Nigel J ^d   Mccarthy, Emma ^c   Isherwood, David M ^b   Southern, Kevin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Clinical Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COULOMETRY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTRODE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; IONTOPHORESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE PILOCARPINE IONTOPHORESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SWEAT; SWEAT TEST;

CHLORIDES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEAT;

EID: 58149508031     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008081     Document Type: Article

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