Conference report: Second conference of the Middle East and North Africa newborn screening initiative: Partnerships for sustainable newborn screening infrastructure and research opportunities

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 663-668

  Krotoski, Danuta ^a   Namaste, Sorrel ^a   Raouf, Randa Kamal ^b   El Nekhely, Ibrahim ^b   Hindi Alexander, Michele ^a   Engelson, Gilian ^a   Hanson, James W ^a   Howell, R Rodney ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND POPULATION   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Genetic disorders; Middle East and North Africa; Newborn screening

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORTH AFRICA; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORIES; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70349673731     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181ab2277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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