Newborn screening is a public health program designed to screen infants shortly after birth for a list of conditions that are treatable, but not clinically evident in the newborn period. Some of the conditions included in newborn screening programs are only detectable after irreversible damage has been done, in some cases sudden death is the first...
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Tests of newborns to detect those at increased risk for disorders such as pku (phenylketonuria) and hypothyroidism. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Newborn screening: Tests of newborns to screen for serious treatable diseases most of which are genetic. The newborn screening tests done in the United States are decided on a state-by-state basis. The most common newborn screening tests in the US include those for hypothyroidism (underactivity of the thyroid gland), PKU (phenylketonuria), galactos...
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a test done on every baby born in the United States within the first few days of life, to look for inherited, treatable, metabolic disorders.
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