Cystic fibrosis: lessons from the sweat gland.
@article{Quinton2007CysticFL, title={Cystic fibrosis: lessons from the sweat gland.}, author={P. Quinton}, journal={Physiology}, year={2007}, volume={22}, pages={ 212-25 } }
Lessons from the sweat gland on cystic fibrosis (CF) began long before modern medicine became a science. In European folklore, the curse that "a child that taste salty when kissed will soon die" (Alonso y de los Ruyzes de Fonteca J. Diez Previlegios para Mugeres Prenadas. Henares, Spain, 1606) has been taken by many as a direct reference to cystic fibrosis [Busch R. Acta Univ Carol Med (Praha) 36: 13-15, 1990]. The high salt concentration in sweat from patients with CF is now accepted as almost… Expand
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