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1: Hastings Cent Rep. 2008 May-Jun;38(3):32-9.Links
Comment in:
Hastings Cent Rep. 2009 Jan-Feb;39(1):4-6; author reply 7-8.

Expanding newborn screening: process, policy, and priorities.

Moyer VA, Calonge N, Teutsch SM, Botkin JR; United States Preventive Services Task Force.

Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, USA.

In the 1960s, newborn screening programs tested for a single very rare but serious disorder. In recent years, thanks to the development of new screening technology, they have expanded into panels of tests; a federally sponsored expert group has recommended that states test for twenty-nine core disorders and twenty-five secondary disorders. By the standards used to decide whether to introduce new preventive health services into clinical use, the decision-making in newborn screening policy has been lax.

PMID: 18581935 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]