Newborn screening programmes in Europe; arguments and efforts regarding harmonization. Part 1 - From blood spot to screening result

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 603-611

  Loeber, J Gerard ^a   Burgard, Peter ^b   Cornel, Martina C ^c   Rigter, Tessel ^c   Weinreich, Stephanie S ^c   Rupp, Kathrin ^b   Hoffmann, Georg F ^b   Vittozzi, Luciano ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d National Centre for Rare Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDURIA; AMINOACIDEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONSENSUS; EUROPE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDIUM CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY CONTROL; WORKLOAD;

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFORMED CONSENT; NEONATAL SCREENING; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84863882527     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-012-9483-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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