Newborn Screening

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-9

  Little, Cindy M ^a   Lewis, Judith A ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital disorder; Genetic disorder; Newborn screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049159197     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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