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- Title
Expanded newborn genetic testing urged.
- Authors
Hampton, Tracy
- Abstract
Discusses the recommendation of the Department of Health and Human Services to test newborns for 29 genetic disorders. Criteria considered for the updated screening panel; Disparity in state-based standards; Cost of the tests; Outlook for more inherited conditions to be screened in infants; Comments of R. Rodney Howell, pediatrician at the University of Miami in Florida who helped the DHHS advisory task force; Views of Michael Watson, executive director of the American College of Medical Genetics.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GENETIC disorder diagnosis; MEDICAL screening; PERINATAL care; HUMAN chromosome abnormality diagnosis; GENETIC disorders in children; UNITED States. Dept. of Health &; Human Services; HOWELL, R. Rodney; WATSON, Michael; PEDIATRICS; NEWBORN screening; GENETIC testing
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 292, Issue 19, p2325
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.292.19.2325