When Parents Refuse Sweat Test Despite a Positive Neonatal Blood Spot Screening for Cystic Fibrosis

Collaborators, Affiliations

Cystic Fibrosis Neonatal Screening Group:
Michel Abely, Severine Audebert, Myriam Benhamida, Katia Bessaci, Tiphaine Bihouee, Aurore Blonde, Stéphanie Bui, Raphaël Chiron, Laure Cosson, Anne-Laure Couderc, Marie-Laure Dalphin, Florence Demurger, Eric Deneuville, Asma Gabsi, Elsa Gachelin, Charlotte Giraut, Véronique Houdouin, Frédéric Huet, André Labbé, Jeanne Languepin, Muriel Laurans, Cathy Llerena, Sarah Marchal, Christophe Marguet, Sophie Mayer, Laurent Mely, Joris Menard, Caroline Perisson, Stéphanie Perez, Thomas Perrin, Cinthia Rames, Natascha Remus, Philippe Reix, Manuëla Scalbert, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Floriane Socchi, Aurélie Tatopoulos, Guillaume Thouvenin, Tom Toin, Françoise Troussier, Laurence Weiss, Nathalie Wizla

¹ Pediatric Pulmonary Department and Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Children's Hospital Timone, Marseille, France.
² National Coordination Centre for Neonatal Screening, University Hospital of Tours EA7505 "Education, Ethics, Health", University of Tours, Tours, France.
³ Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.

Alexandra Nour et al. Acta Paediatr. 2025.

. 2025 Dec 7.

doi: 10.1111/apa.70393. Online ahead of print.

Cystic Fibrosis Neonatal Screening Group:
Michel Abely, Severine Audebert, Myriam Benhamida, Katia Bessaci, Tiphaine Bihouee, Aurore Blonde, Stéphanie Bui, Raphaël Chiron, Laure Cosson, Anne-Laure Couderc, Marie-Laure Dalphin, Florence Demurger, Eric Deneuville, Asma Gabsi, Elsa Gachelin, Charlotte Giraut, Véronique Houdouin, Frédéric Huet, André Labbé, Jeanne Languepin, Muriel Laurans, Cathy Llerena, Sarah Marchal, Christophe Marguet, Sophie Mayer, Laurent Mely, Joris Menard, Caroline Perisson, Stéphanie Perez, Thomas Perrin, Cinthia Rames, Natascha Remus, Philippe Reix, Manuëla Scalbert, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Floriane Socchi, Aurélie Tatopoulos, Guillaume Thouvenin, Tom Toin, Françoise Troussier, Laurence Weiss, Nathalie Wizla

¹ Pediatric Pulmonary Department and Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Children's Hospital Timone, Marseille, France.
² National Coordination Centre for Neonatal Screening, University Hospital of Tours EA7505 "Education, Ethics, Health", University of Tours, Tours, France.
³ Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.

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