Background: Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is rapidly being adopted by newborn
screening programs to screen dried blood spots for >20 markers of disease in a single assay. …

PKD1 is the most common site for mutations in human autosomal dominant polycystic kidney
disease (ADPKD). ADPKD is characterized by progressive replacement of kidney tissue by …

ContextTandem mass spectrometry now allows newborn screening for more than 20 biochemical
genetic disorders. Questions about the effectiveness and risks of expanded newborn …

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to evaluate the relationships between all types of fetal fatty
acid oxidation defects and maternal liver disease, including acute fatty liver of pregnancy and …

OBJECTIVES: To identify risk factors associated with delayed thyrotropin elevations in cases
of congenital hypothyroidism. To determine whether routine rescreening of babies who …

Results of thyroid screening tests were examined retrospectively on 311,282 infants born in
Massachusetts from January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1996. During this period, 118 infants …

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if there is an association between
meeting patients' information needs and their overall satisfaction with care and their general …

Objective. To evaluate the construct validity of the Short Form 12‐item Survey (SF‐12) among
users of a homeless day shelter. Adding brief health assessments has potential to provide …

In this review, we endeavor to describe current newborn screening, the interrelationship
between the public and private sectors, the range of metabolic disorders that can be covered by …

The dyadic cooperative learning situation was examined by analyzing the impact of specific
roles and activities on each member of the dyad. In learning scientific text passages, one …