Medical Genetics - V. M. Zaporozhan 2005

Prevention of Hereditary Diseases
Mass Newborn Screening

Universal newborn screening (neonatal screening) is a population-wide health program designed to detect specific conditions in pre-symptomatic newborns for which effective preventive treatments are available. Early intervention prevents the onset of clinical symptoms.

The core requirements for screening programs, along with Examples of screened conditions, are outlined in section 10.6.



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