The importance of sweat testing for older siblings of patients with cystic fibrosis identified by newborn screening

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 928-930.e1

  Munck, Anne ^a,b   Houssin, Elise ^a   Roussey, Michel ^a,c  

^a French Assoc for the Prevention and Screening of Children's Disabilities   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING; SWEATING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; SWEATING;

EID: 73949087494     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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