Sweat testing: Can the conductivity analysis take the place of the classic Gibson and Cooke technique?

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-91

  Mastella, Gianni ^a  

^a Italian Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; PILOCARPINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONDUCTANCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EDITORIAL; GENOME; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEAT TEST;

EID: 77951543342     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1997     Document Type: Editorial

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