Impact of second-tier testing on the effectiveness of newborn screening

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1653-1655

  Chace, Donald H ^a   Hannon, W Harry ^b  

^a PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUOROMETRY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NOTE; REFERENCE VALUE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 78149479413     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.153494     Document Type: Editorial

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