Newborn screening for classic galactosaemia and pimary congenital hypothyroidism in the Nkangala district of Mpumalanga province, South Africa

SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-22

  Lebea, P J ^a   Pretorius, P J ^b  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GALACTOSEMIA; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77953460037     PISSN: 19943032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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