The moving targets of expanded newborn screening for inborn errors of metabolism: the experience in Portugal

The Portuguese programme for newborn screening (NBS) includes 26 diseases (Congenital Hypothyroidism, 24 metabolic disorders and Cystic Fibrosis), presenting an estimated overall incidence of 1: 1.100 affected newborns (NB). It was established in the late 70s, starting with phenylketonuria (PKU), an...

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Main Author: Marcão, Ana (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/6931
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/6931