After routine newborn screening, residual dried blood spot samples (DBSS) are stored at−
20° C in the Danish Newborn Screening Biobank (NBS‐Biobank), which contains DBSS …

Expanded newborn screening for selected inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) in Denmark,
the Faroe Islands and Greenland was introduced in 2002. We now present clinical …

The Danish neonatal screening program analyses dried blood spot samples (DBSS) from
close to 70 000 newborns annually from Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Since …

Abstract In Greece, the National Newborn Screening Program was initiated in 1974 and is
performed by the Institute of Child Health (ICH). However, there is a complete absence of …

These guidelines provide scientific information for policy development by state health
departments considering appropriate use of newborn screening specimens after screening …

In many European countries neonatal screening has been introduced over the last 50 years
as an important public health programme. Depending on health care structure, available …

In a survey conducted in 2010/2011 data from the 28 EU member states, four EU candidate
states (Croatia, FYROM, Iceland, Turkey), three potential EU candidate states (Bosnia …

This report outlines the status of neonatal screening in Europe in 2004. Out of the 45
member states of the Council of Europe plus the regions Scotland and Wales (in total 47 …

Monitoring of patients with inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs) using dried blood spot
(DBS) specimens has been routinely used since the inception of newborn screening (NBS) …

The disease panels covered by newborn blood spot screening vary greatly from country to
country. There are different interpretations of the Wilson and Jungner principles and of …