TRANSIENT ELEVATION OF SWEAT CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION IN A MALNOURISHEDGIRL WITH THE MAURIAC-SYNDROME

Elevated sweat chloride concentration in a patient with Mauriac syndro me has been reported only once, The authors of that report regarded th eir patient's underlying malnutrition, and not Mauriac syndrome per se , as the cause of the elevated sweat chloride concentration. We descri be a second example of transient elevation of sweat chloride concentra tion, which confirms that the malnutrition intrinsic to Mauriac syndro me, rather than the syndrome itself, was the probable cause of elevate d sweat chloride values.