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Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis in California.
Pediatrics - 1 Dec 2015
Kharrazi Martin, Yang Juan, Bishop Tracey, Lessing Shellye, Young Suzanne, Graham Steven, Pearl Michelle, Chow Helen, Ho Thomson, Currier Robert, Gaffney Leslie, Feuchtbaum Lisa
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OBJECTIVES: This article describes the methods used and the program performance results for the first 5 years of newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) in California. METHODS: From July 16, 2007, to June 30, 2012, a total of 2,573,293 newborns were screened for CF by using a 3-step model: (1) measuring immunoreactive trypsinogen in all dried blood spot specimens; (2) testing 28 to 40 selected cystic fibrosis...
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