Newborn screening with tandem mass spectrometry: 12 Months' experience in NSW Australia

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 88, Issue 432, 1999, Pages 48-51

  Wiley, V ^a,b   Carpenter, K ^b   Wilcken, B ^b  

^a NSW Newborn Screening   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry screening; Newborn acylcarnitines; Newborn amino acids

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0033406297     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb01157.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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