Newborn Screening: The Spigot is Open and Threatens to Become a Flood

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-110

  Cederbaum, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; GALACTOSEMIA; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 34447500006     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.035     Document Type: Editorial

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