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Implementation of the first worldwide quality assurance program for cystic fibrosis multiple mutation detection in population-based screening.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 15 Jul 2011
Earley Marie C, Laxova Anita, Farrell Philip M, Driscoll-Dunn Rena, Cordovado Suzanne, Mogayzel Peter J, Konstan Michael W, Hannon W Harry
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BACKGROUND: CDC's Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program collaborated with several U.S. Cystic Fibrosis Care Centers to collect specimens for development of a molecular CFTR proficiency testing program using dried-blood spots for newborn screening laboratories. METHODS: Adult and adolescent patients or carriers donated whole blood that was aliquoted onto filter paper cards. Five blind-coded specimens were...
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