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Cystic fibrosis in South India.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7394893     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cystic fibrosis has been diagnosed during life in three South Indian infants on the basis of characteristic clinical features and a positive sweat test. The patients were respectively 81 days, 23 days and 6 months old. All three presented with the rare characteristic triad of gross oedema, hypoproteinaemia and moderate to severe anaemia; it is described for the first time from South India. Three patients were exclusively breast-fed; the third received complements of diluted cow's milk. Sweat sodium and chloride were elevated in the first two cases and was normal in the third. All three died with progressive deterioration 10, 31 and 7 days respectively after admission in the hospital. At autopsy, changes typical of cystic fibrosis were present in pancreas, lung, liver and the small intestine of one, in the lungs of the second and in pancreas and liver of the third case.
Authors:
P P Maya; P G Hill; D Sudarsanam; M Jadhav
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Tropical and geographical medicine     Volume:  32     ISSN:  0041-3232     ISO Abbreviation:  Trop Geogr Med     Publication Date:  1980 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1980-09-28     Completed Date:  1980-09-28     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376231     Medline TA:  Trop Geogr Med     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  45-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cystic Fibrosis / diagnosis*,  genetics
Female
Humans
India
Infant
Male
Pedigree
Sodium / metabolism
Sweat / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7440-23-5/Sodium

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