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Newborn screening for disorders of fatty-acid oxidation: experience and recommendations from an expert meeting.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Oct 2010
Lindner Martin, Hoffmann Georg F, Matern Dietrich
Abstract excerpt
Experience with new-born screening (NBS) for disorders of fatty-acid oxidation (FAOD) is now becoming available from an increasing number of programs worldwide. The spectrum of FAOD differs widely between ethnic groups. Incidence calculations from reports from Australia, Germany, and the USA of a total of 5,256,999 newborns give a combined incidence of all FAOD of approximately 1:9,300. However, it appears to be...
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