Normal energy expenditure in the infant with presymptomatic cystic fibrosis.

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To investigate whether a fundamental lesion in energy metabolism is a feature of cystic fibrosis, we measured total energy expenditure using the doubly labeled water technique in 19 infants with presymptomatic cystic fibrosis (0.8 to 6.6 months of age) identified through newborn screening. Total energy expenditure data collected in a cohort of healthy infants by the same method were used for comparison. Energy...

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