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Neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis is beneficial even in the context of modern treatment.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Sept 2005
Sims Erika J, McCormick Jonathan, Mehta Gita, Mehta Anil
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether early identification of babies with cystic fibrosis (CF) improves outcome in the current environment of new improved treatments, considering the criticism that there may be only marginal benefit gained by CF newborn screening (NBS). STUDY DESIGN: We tested whether CF NBS in the setting of modern CF center care still afforded benefit using the UK CF Database (UKCFD; ) to compare...
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