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Newborn urine screening programme in the province of Quebec: An update of 30 years' experience
1 Jun 2003
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The introduction of our voluntary mass screening programme in 1971, in the province of Quebec, has permitted us to detect different inborn errors of metabolism in the newborn population using a thin-layer chromatographic (TLC) technique with sequential use of different sprays on the same plate. Abnormalities in amino acids and organic acids are detected in urine filter paper specimens of 21-day-old babies....
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