Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Turkey: Outcomes of Extended Pilot Study in 241,083 Infants

Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Turkey: Outcomes of Extended Pilot Study in 241,083 Infants

Objective:Turkish Directorate of Public Health introduced the first pilot screening program for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in four Turkish cities in 2017, and in 2018 extended the program, with a slight change in screening strategy, to fourteen cities. To evaluate the performance of the ex...

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Main Authors: Tülay Güran, Başak Tezel, Meltem Çakır, Ayşehan Akıncı, Zerrin Orbak, Mehmet Keskin, Beray Selver Eklioğlu, Alev Ozon, Mehmet Nuri Özbek, Gülay Karagüzel, Nihal Hatipoğlu, Fatih Gürbüz, Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu, Cengiz Kara, Enver Şimşek, Firdevs Baş, Murat Aydın, Feyza Darendeliler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2020-09-01
Series:JCRPE
Subjects:
neonatal screening
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
second-tier
steroid profiling
incidence
11β-hydroxylase deficiency
Online Access: http://www.jcrpe.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/neonatal-screening-for-congenital-adrenal-hyperpla/36214

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