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Neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Taiwan.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Jan 1999
Chiang S H, Wu S J, Wu K F, Hsiao K J
Abstract excerpt
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common enzymopathic disease in Taiwan. The mass neonatal screening of G6PD deficiency by fluorometric spot test in Taiwan was started with a pilot program in 1984. The nationwide screening was started on July 1, 1987, and a follow-up system comprising of eighteen referral hospitals, including outlying islands, was organized for confirmatory test,...
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