• DOI:10.1007/s10545-009-9962-0
Corpus ID: 41563580

Newborn blood spot screening: New opportunities, old problems

@article{Pollitt2009NewbornBS,
  title={Newborn blood spot screening: New opportunities, old problems},
  author={R. Pollitt},
  journal={Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease},
  year={2009},
  volume={32},
  pages={395-399}
}

R. Pollitt

Published 2009

Medicine

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

SummaryNewborn screening is evolving very rapidly. Geographical coverage is expanding, particularly for common disorders such as congenital hypothyroidism. New technologies, particularly tandem mass spectrometry and high throughput mutation analysis, have increased greatly the range of disorders which could be covered. However, these new possibilities are being exploiting at very different rates in different countries. This is due in part to the different ways in which generally-accepted… CONTINUE READING

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