267 Bringing bad news: the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in childhood
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Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
Applying the sweat-test as the first choice of test when a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis is suspected is still common practice and advisable. Since the cloning of the CFTR gene more than 400 different cystic fibrosis (CF) mutations have already been identified. The use of CF mutation analysis for diagnostic purposes in CF has therefore remained elusive so far. It is advised to perform sweat-test...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1569-1993
DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(14)60402-1