United Arab Emirates National Newborn Screening Programme: An evaluation 1998-2000

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 324-332

  Al Hosani, H ^a   Salah, M ^a   Saade, D ^a   Osman, H ^a   Al Zahid, J ^a  

^a Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOPTERIN; PHENYLALANINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; AFTERCARE; AGE; BIRTH RATE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TIME;

AFTERCARE; AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOPTERIN; BIRTH RATE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 17144376448     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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