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Cystic fibrosis newborn screening: using experience to optimize the screening algorithm.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Oct 2010
Hale Jaime E, Parad Richard B, Dorkin Henry L, Gerstle Robert, Lapey Allen, O'Sullivan Brian P, Spencer Terry, Yee William, Comeau Anne Marie
Abstract excerpt
Newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) offers the opportunity for early diagnosis and improved outcomes in patients with CF and has been universally available in the state of Massachusetts since 1999 using an immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT)-DNA algorithm. Ideally, CF NBS is incorporated as part of an integrated NBS system that allows for comprehensive and coordinated education, laboratory screening,...
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