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Cystic fibrosis newborn screening in Denmark: Experience from the first 2 years.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 Feb 2020
Skov Marianne, Baekvad-Hansen Marie, Hougaard David M, Skogstrand Kristin, Lund Allan M, Pressler Tania, Olesen Hanne V, Duno Morten
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BACKGROUND: In Denmark, newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) was introduced on 1 May 2016. The implementation and results from the first 2 years of the national newborn CF screening program are presented. METHODS: The screening included immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT), followed by evaluation for the F508del mutation when a value at or above the 50 ng/mL cutoff was present. In cases with a single...
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