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Screening for cystic fibrosis in New York State: considerations for algorithm improvements.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Feb 2016
Kay Denise M, Maloney Breanne, Hamel Rhonda, Pearce Melissa, DeMartino Lenore, McMahon Rebecca, McGrath Emily, Krein Lea, Vogel Beth, Saavedra-Matiz Carlos A, Caggana Michele, Tavakoli Norma P
Abstract excerpt
Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic progressive disease affecting mucus viscosity, has been beneficial in both improving life expectancy and the quality of life for individuals with CF. In New York State from 2007 to 2012 screening for CF involved measuring immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) levels in dried blood spots from newborns using the IMMUCHEM(™) Blood Spot Trypsin-MW ELISA kit. Any...
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