Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Harms: Diagnostic Uncertainty Arising From Newborn Screening

Pranesh Chakraborty^{1

2}, Beth K Potter^{2

3}, Robin Z Hayeems^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Newborn Screening Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Comment

Pranesh Chakraborty et al. Pediatrics. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;148(6):e2021052822.

doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-052822.

Pranesh Chakraborty^{1

2}, Beth K Potter^{2

3}, Robin Z Hayeems^{4

5}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Newborn Screening Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

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