Committee Report: advancing the current recommended panel of conditions for newborn screening

The Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children is charged with advising the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services in areas relevant to heritable conditions in children, especially newborn screening (NBS). This report describes the fo...

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Published inGenetics in medicine Vol. 9; no. 11; pp. 792 - 796
Main Authors Green, Nancy S, Rinaldo, Piero, Brower, Amy, Boyle, Coleen, Dougherty, Denise, Lloyd-Puryear, Michele, Mann, Marie Y, Howell, Rodney R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2007
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Genetic Diseases, Inborn - diagnosis
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Neonatal Screening - standards
Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Summary:The Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children is charged with advising the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services in areas relevant to heritable conditions in children, especially newborn screening (NBS). This report describes the formulation by the Committee of a new process to nominate and review conditions to the recommended universal NBS panel. Nominations are currently being solicited. Committee review will adhere to the fundamental principles of being transparent, broadly accessible, evidence-based and consistent across the process for all of the proposed conditions across the process.
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ISSN:1098-3600
1530-0366
DOI:10.1097/GIM.0b013e318159a38e