The Development and Organization of Newborn Screening Programs in Turkey

Tezel, Basak; Dilli, Dilek; Bolat, Hilal; Sahman, Hatice; Ozbas, Sema; Acican, Deniz; Ertek, Mustafa; Kose, Mehmet; Dilmen, Ugur

doi:10.1002/jcla.21645

The Development and Organization of Newborn Screening Programs in Turkey

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Tezel B., Dilli D., Bolat H., Sahman H., Ozbas S., Acican D., ...More

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS, vol.28, no.1, pp.63-69, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 28 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1002/jcla.21645
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS
Page Numbers: pp.63-69

Abstract

BackgroundNewborn screening tests have been designed to identify infants with severe disorders that are relatively prevalent and treatable or controllable. Comparing to other countries, the incidence of these diseases are very high in Turkey where the rate of consanguineous marriage is high.