KUTV

Advocates raise PKU awareness, urge passage of bill for insurance coverage of medical food

(KUTV) — A Phenylketonuria (PKU) screening test is a blood test given to newborns 24–72 hours after birth. For a child to get the disorder, both the mother and father must pass down a mutated PKU gene ...
Medscape

Newborn Screening: Update From Fall 2002 Conferences

The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics; September 20-21, 2002; Boston, Massachusetts The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics covered newborn screening during 1 morning of its 2-day ...
Nature

Newborn screening programs: Should 22q11 deletion syndrome be added?

Since the 1960s, newborn screening for phenylketonuria (PKU) and other disorders has become commonplace. The addition of new tests to screening panels continues at a rapid pace and is beginning to ...
The Inlander

Ask Dr. Matt: Child Metabolic Disorder Screening

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Medscape

Newborn Screening: Current Status

Newborn screening, which represents one of the major advances in child health of the past century, has been carried out in all fifty U.S. states since the 1970s. New-born screening programs are ...