Indicators of newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism in Sri Lanka: Program challenges and way forward

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hettiarachchi, Manjula ^a   Amarasena, Sujeewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Newborn screening; Program challenges; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SRI LANKA;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84907063457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-385     Document Type: Article

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