Challenges in Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening and Recommendations for Primary Care Physicians
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Challenges in Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening and Recommendations for Primary Care Physicians.
During the past decade, newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) has disseminated worldwide after endorsements by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CF Foundation. Similar to widespread introduction of other NBS programs, CF NBS implementation occurred on a region-by-region basis by using a wide variety of screening strategies and analytical methods. All strategies b...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3490