Importance of Mass Spectrometry for Newborn Screening

Importance of Mass Spectrometry for Newborn Screening

Professor G. la Marca speaks about the importance of newborn screening and why it is more than a useful biochemical test
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What does newborn screening mean?

Newborn screening (NBS) is known to be a biochemical test that enables the identification of many inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) a few days after birth. But considering that NBS requires expert lab technicians, chemists, biologists, nutritionists, and medical specialists for metabolic disorders, it cannot only be considered a useful biochemical test, rather it should be considered a complex and integrated program.  READ AT



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