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New diagnostic method for cystic fibrosis
C J Taylor1, P S Baxter, J Dickson
1Department of Paediatrics, University of Sheffield.
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Medica
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report 3 cases where the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) was either confirmed or refuted by studies of chloride secretion in intestinal mucosal biopsies. In one case a heterozygous state was indicated and later confirmed by gene probe studies. The technique clearly distinguishes between CF and control patients and can provide a rapid diagnosis even in the neonatal period.