Newborn screening in India: Current perspectives

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-224

  Kapoor, Seema ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 77949757570     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0043-0     Document Type: Review

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