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Aquagenic Wrinkling of Skin: A Screening Test for Cystic Fibrosis [pdf] (indianpediatrics.net)
1 point by DoreenMichele on May 14, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Most people don't know what aquagenic wrinkling is. It's a medical term for what most people call "getting pruney" in a long bathtub soak, only people with CF rapidly get severely pruney.

It's an interesting study on a potential cheap, quick and effective screening test for identifying children in India with a high confidence level for purposes of additional testing.

There are few CF testing centers in India. Due to cost and distance, it can be a hardship on a family to travel to one. This suppresses identification of this deadly disorder in the Indian population.




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