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. 2024 Sep 24;10(4):65.
doi: 10.3390/ijns10040065.

Comment on Dijkstra et al. A False-Negative Newborn Screen for Tyrosinemia Type 1-Need for Re-Evaluation of Newborn Screening with Succinylacetone. Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2023, 9, 66

Marelle J Bouva  1 , Rose E Maase  1 , Ruurd M van Elburg  1
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Comment on Dijkstra et al. A False-Negative Newborn Screen for Tyrosinemia Type 1-Need for Re-Evaluation of Newborn Screening with Succinylacetone. Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2023, 9, 66

Marelle J Bouva et al. Int J Neonatal Screen. .

Abstract

The assessment of newborn screening (NBS) algorithms' performance to ensure quality improvements is a continuous process: false-positive referrals can enable optimisations in the shorter term, but false-negative referrals are often only discovered many years after the screening has taken place [...].

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  • Int J Neonatal Screen. 9:66.

References

    1. Dijkstra A.M., Evers-van Vliet K., Heiner-Fokkema M.R., Bodewes F.A.J.A., Bos D.K., Zsiros J., van Aerde K.J., Koop K., van Spronsen F.J., Lubout C.M.A. A False-Negative Newborn Screen for Tyrosinemia Type 1—Need for Re-Evaluation of Newborn Screening with Succinylacetone. Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2023;9:66. doi: 10.3390/ijns9040066. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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