Critical role of the March of Dimes in the expansion of newborn screening

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-287

  Howse, Jennifer L ^a   Weiss, Marina ^a   Green, Nancy S ^a   Finnerty, Michael J ^a,b  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b Mission Administration and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

AAP Newborn Screening Task Force; Advocacy; American College of Medical Genetics; Consumer and parent advocates; March of Dimes; Newborn screening; Phenylketonuria; Tandem mass spectrometry; Title XXVI of the Children's Public Health Act

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIAS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 33845971923     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20129     Document Type: Review

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