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Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: Polish 4 years' experience with CFTR sequencing strategy.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Apr 2013
Sobczyńska-Tomaszewska Agnieszka, Ołtarzewski Mariusz, Czerska Kamila, Wertheim-Tysarowska Katarzyna, Sands Dorota, Walkowiak Jarosław, Bal Jerzy, Mazurczak Tadeusz
Abstract excerpt
Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (NBS CF) in Poland was started in September 2006. Summary from 4 years' experience is presented in this study. The immunoreactive trypsin/DNA sequencing strategy was implemented. The group of 1,212,487 newborns were screened for cystic fibrosis during the programme. We identified a total of 221 CF cases during this period, including, 4 CF cases were reported to be omitted by...
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