Open AccessRevisiting the Wilson-Jungner criteria: how can supplemental criteria guide public health in the era of genetic screening?
Author(s) -
Michael Petros
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
genetics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.509
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1530-0366
pISSN - 1098-3600
DOI - 10.1038/gim.0b013e31823331d0
Subject(s) - newborn screening , medicine , public health , consistency (knowledge bases) , family medicine , pediatrics , computer science , nursing , artificial intelligence
Advances in technology have made newborn screening for more than 50 inborn errors of metabolism possible using a dried blood sample. A framework is proposed that public health practitioners may use when considering candidate disorders for newborn screening panels.
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