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False positives

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There can be an abnormally high sweat sodium and chloride in:

  • adrenal insufficiency
  • ectodermal dysplasia
  • hypothyroidism
  • hypopituitarism
  • nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
  • storage disorders such as mucopolysaccharidosis, glycogen storage disease type I and fucosidosis
  • severe malnutrition
  • HIV infection

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