History of Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis—The Early Years

This review summarises the trajectory of neonatal screening strategies for the detection of cystic fibrosis (CF) using the measurement of Immunoreactive Trypsin (IRT) in dried blood spots (DBS) from 1979 until the beginning of the 21st century when newborn screening (NBS) programmes started to sprea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Georges Travert, Mary Heeley, Anthony Heeley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Neonatal Screening
Subjects:
dna
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2409-515X/6/1/8