AUTHOR=Gokdemir Yasemin , Karadag Bulent Taner 

TITLE=Sweat Testing and Recent Advances

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.649904

DOI=10.3389/fped.2021.649904

ISSN=2296-2360

ABSTRACT=Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-threatening autosomal-recessive disease of the Caucasians. The sweat test is the main diagnostic test for CF. It is indicated in evaluation of infants with positive CF newborn screening and in individuals with clinical manifestations suggestive of CF. This article describes the classical sweat test method in detail and also provides an overwiew of the recent advances.