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Evaluation of newborn screening bloodspot-based genetic testing as second tier screen for bedside newborn hearing screening.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Dec 2011
Schimmenti Lisa A, Warman Berta, Schleiss Mark R, Daly Kathleen A, Ross Julie A, McCann Mark, Jurek Anne M, Berry Susan A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: : Bedside newborn hearing screening is highly successful in identifying deaf or hard-of-hearing infants. However, newborn hearing screening protocols have high loss to follow-up rates. We propose that bloodspot-based genetic testing for GJB2 alleles can provide a means for rapid confirmation in a subset of infants who fail bedside newborn hearing screening. METHODS: : We performed a case-control study...
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