Elevated sweat chloride test: is it always cystic fibrosis?

• Main Authors: C. Cimbalo (Author), A. Tosco (Author), V. Terlizzi (Author), A. Sepe (Author), A. Castaldo (Author), L. Salvadori (Author), V. Raia (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The sweat chloride test (ST) is the gold standard for cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnosis in symptomatic patients, within the newborn screening and in the follow-up of CF patients during molecular therapies. However, false positives have been reported in patients with different diseas...