Sweat Chloride: At a Glance

Sweat Test

Also known as: Sweat electrolytes, Iontophoretic sweat test
Formal name: Sweat chloride
Related tests: Immunoreactive trypsin (IRT), Stool trypsin, CF gene mutation

	At A Glance
	Why get tested? To diagnose cystic fibrosis (CF) When to get tested? When a patient has symptoms that suggest CF; as a follow-up, confirmatory test to help diagnose CF Sample required? A sweat sample collected using a special sweat stimulation procedure Next >>

This article was last reviewed on January 20, 2006.