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Cystic fibrosis identified by neonatal screening: incidence, genotype, and early natural history.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Apr 1993
Green M R, Weaver L T, Heeley A F, Nicholson K, Kuzemko J A, Barton D E, McMahon R, Payne S J, Austin S, Yates J R
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The incidence of cystic fibrosis over the last 10 years in East Anglia (a region of the United Kingdom with a population of 2.1 million) has halved. This has happened during the establishment of a neonatal screening programme, which has enabled early diagnosis, genetic counselling, and lately the option of prenatal diagnosis in subsequent pregnancies. One hundred and seven children were born with cystic fibrosis...
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