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The Magnitude and Challenge of False-Positive Newborn Screening Test Results

Author(s) -

C.S. Kwon,

Peter M. Farrell

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.154.7.714

Subject(s) - galactosemia , newborn screening , biotinidase deficiency , congenital hypothyroidism , congenital adrenal hyperplasia , medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , thyroid , biology , biochemistry , physics , galactose , optics

This study examined for the first time to our knowledge the national data available from newborn screening programs in the United States and determined the salient characteristics of various screening tests for 3 hereditary metabolic disorders and 2 congenital endocrinopathies with emphasis on positive predictive values (PPVs) to delineate the magnitude of false-positive results.

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