Inconclusive diagnosis after a positive newborn bloodspot screening result for cystic fibrosis; clarification of the harmonised international definition

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¹ Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: kwsouth@liv.ac.uk.
² Division of Paediatric Pulmonology, Children's Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland.
³ Paediatric Pneumonology and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Hopital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
⁵ Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
⁶ Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
⁷ Imperial College, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁹ Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Pediatric Pulmonology Division, Department of Paediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
¹¹ Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA.
¹² Department of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.

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K W Southern et al. J Cyst Fibros. 2019 Nov.

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. 2019 Nov;18(6):778-780.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2019.04.010. Epub 2019 Apr 24.

¹ Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: kwsouth@liv.ac.uk.
² Division of Paediatric Pulmonology, Children's Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland.
³ Paediatric Pneumonology and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Hopital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
⁵ Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
⁶ Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
⁷ Imperial College, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁹ Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Pediatric Pulmonology Division, Department of Paediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
¹¹ Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA.
¹² Department of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.

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