An overview of newborn screening

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 622-631

  Levy, Paul A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

core panel; inherited metabolic disorders; newborn screening; tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ETHICS; EXPERT WITNESS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; PHENYLKETONURIA; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEONATAL SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; PHENYLKETONURIAS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77957335270     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181eedf01     Document Type: Review

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