Newborn Screening Showing Decreasing Incidence of Cystic Fibrosis  

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Hale, Jaime E. ; Parad, Richard B. ; Comeau, Anne Marie

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 358 no. 09 (Feb. 2008), page 973.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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To the Editor: Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis has been universally available in Massachusetts since February 1999.1 The sensitivity of the screening was measured from 1999 to 2002 and was shown to be high, in keeping with predictions derived from historical data of patients in Massachusetts presenting clinically and documented in the national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry.2 We report a decrease in the number of neonates with cystic fibrosis in Massachusetts who were identified by means of newborn screening for cystic fibrosis during the period from 2003 to 2006, along with a significant decrease in the number of infants . . .

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