Butyrylcarnitine Elevation in Newborn Screening: Reducing False Positives and Distinguishing between Two Rare Diseases through the Evaluation of New Ratios

One of the main challenges of newborn screening programs, which screen for inherited metabolic disorders, is cutting down on false positives (FPs) in order to avoid family stresses, additional analyses, and unnecessary costs. False positives are partly caused by an insubstantial number of robust bio...

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Main Authors: MariaAnna Messina, Alessia Arena, Riccardo Iacobacci, Luisa La Spina, Concetta Meli, Federica Raudino, Martino Ruggieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Series:Biomedicines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/12/3247