Newborn Screening: Need of the Hour in India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-70

  Verma, Ishwar C ^a   Bijarnia Mahay, Sunita ^a   Jhingan, Geetu ^a   Verma, Jyotsna ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Congenital heart disease; Congenital hypothyroidism; G 6PD deficiency; Hearing loss; Inborn errors of metabolism; India; Newborn screening; Pulse oximetery

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AGE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; GALACTOSEMIA; GENETIC SERVICE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK INFANT; HISTIDINEMIA; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MANPOWER; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; MEDIUM CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA; PREMATURITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 84929695619     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-014-1615-0     Document Type: Review

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