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Is sweat testing for cystic fibrosis feasible in patients with down syndrome?
BACKGROUND: Recurrent airway infections are common in patients with Down’s syndrome (DS). Hence, ruling out Cystic Fibrosis (CF) in these patients is often required. In the past, the value of sweat testing – the gold standard to diagnose CF – has been questioned in DS as false positive results have...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29338740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0580-1 |