Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Turkey: A Pilot Study with 38,935 Infants

Objective:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is the most common form of primary adrenal insufficiency in children. Neonatal screening for CAH is effective in detecting the salt-wasting (SW) form and in reducing mortality. In this study, our aim was to estimate the incidence of CAH in Turkey and to...

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Main Authors: Tülay Güran, Başak Tezel, Fatih Gürbüz, Beray Selver Eklioğlu, Nihal Hatipoğlu, Cengiz Kara, Enver Şimşek, Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu, Alev Ozon, Firdevs Baş, Murat Aydın, Feyza Darendeliler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2019-03-01
Series:JCRPE
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Online Access: http://www.jcrpe.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/neonatal-screening-for-congenital-adrenal-hyperpla/19485