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Where is a sweat test usually done? at a hospital?

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Peds office: Sweat tests are mostly done to detect the presence (or not) of cystic fibrosis in a patient. This is an important distinction for treatment of a patient who has a positive test as well as having some implications for the genetic lineage in a given family.

Answered 2/17/2012

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