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[Evaluation of 47,213 infants in neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis, using pancreatitis-associated protein and immunoreactive trypsinogen assays].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Mar 2001
Barthellemy S, Maurin N, Roussey M, Férec C, Murolo S, Berthézène P, Iovanna J L, Dagorn J C, Sarles J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The increasing evidence of the benefits of neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) indicates that this procedure could soon be implemented throughout France. The screening strategy currently used involves the detection of infants with elevated levels of immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) (approximately 1% of the population), followed by the detection of CFTR gene mutations. However, genetic analysis...
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