Open AccessNewborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis in Mersin Province: Yearly Assessment of the National Program
Author(s) -
Ali Özdemir,
Dilek Doğruel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish thoracic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2149-2530
DOI - 10.5152/turkthoracj.2019.18187
Subject(s) - sweat test , cystic fibrosis , medicine , newborn screening , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , sweat , predictive value , test (biology) , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
A national newborn screening program for cystic fibrosis (CF) was started using immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) test on January 1, 2015, in Turkey. We aimed to analyze the characteristics of newborn screen-positive (NBSP) infants in Mersin province.