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Markedly elevated neonatal immunoreactive trypsinogen levels in the absence of cystic fibrosis gene mutations is not an indication for further testing.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Mar 2006
Massie J, Curnow L, Tzanakos N, Francis I, Robertson C F
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AIMS: To investigate the immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) values above the usual 99th centile laboratory cut-off and determine the value of offering further testing to those infants with a markedly elevated IRT but no cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene mutation identified by the screening programme. METHODS: All babies born in Victoria, Australia, between 1991 and 2003, were screened by IRT...
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