Population newborn screening (NBS) for phenylketonuria began in the United States in
1963. In the 1990s electrospray ionization mass spectrometry permitted an array of …

Background: The National Austrian Newborn Screening Program for inherited metabolic and
endocrinologic disorders was introduced in 1966. The program continuously evolved by …

Summary Newborn screening in North America dates to the early work of Bob Guthrie in the
USA. Screening programmes in both the USA and Canada began in the early 1960s, with …

Background National newborn screening programmes based on tandem-mass spectrometry
(MS/MS) and other newborn screening (NBS) technologies show a substantial variation in …

Newborn screening programs are state based with variable policies. Guidance regarding
the retention, storage, and use of portions of newborn screening dried blood spots that …

The aim of newborn screening is to detect newborns with serious, treatable disorders so as
to facilitate appropriate interventions to avoid or ameliorate adverse outcomes. Mass …

Selective screening for hereditary metabolic disorders has developed from a highly
specialized activity, provided mostly by research oriented scientists, to an important …

Summary By January 2007 seven European countries had expanded, and more are
considering the expansion of their newborn screening programmes by inclusion of ESI …

The results of 6121 prenatal diagnoses established by 46 centers in eight West-European
countries are reported. The percentage of “spontaneous” abortions following early …

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to measure separately the contributions of heat and humidity to
changes in levels of 34 markers of inborn disorders in dried-blood-spot (DBS) samples …