Newborn screening describes various tests that can occur during the first few hours or days of a newborn's life and have the potential for preventing severe health problems, including …
L Hsu, OE Nnodu, BJ Brown, F Tluway… - Journal of tropical …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is among the most common single-gene diseases in the world but evidence-based comprehensive health care has not been implemented where the …
L Mehran, D Khalili, S Yarahmadi… - … of endocrinology and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Publications reporting the results of the CH screening program from 1997 to 2016 focusing on the recall rate have been searched. Results Recall rates vary from 0.01% to …
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a worldwide genetic blood disorder. Roughly 400,000 babies are born with SCD each year worldwide. More than 75% of these births occur in sub …
Even in this post genomic era, no national level newborn screening (NBS) programs for inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are yet available in several developing countries …
The expansion of newborn screening (NBS) for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is essential to reducing the number of preventable intellectual disabilities in children. Because of …
NS Green, S Mathur, S Kiguli, J Makani… - Global pediatric …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with high mortality for children under 5 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Newborn sickle screening program and enhanced capacity for SCD …
M Wasim, HN Khan, H Ayesha, SMI Goorden… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are rare group of genetic disorders comprising of more than 1,000 different types. Around 200 of IEMs are potentially treatable through diet …
Introduction Economic evaluations will determine policy decisions on any screening programs as estimates of short-term or long-term clinical and economic outcomes are …