Expanded Newborn Screening Program in Saudi Arabia: Incidence of screened disorders
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health2017Vol. 53(6), pp. 585–591
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Majid Alfadhel, Ali Al Othaim, Saif Al Saif, Fuad Al Mutairi, Moeenaldeen Al‐Sayed, Zuhair Rahbeeni, Hamad Alzaidan, Mohammed Al‐Owain, Zuhair N. Al‐Hassnan, Mohamad Y. Saeedi, Saeed Aljohery, Ali Alasmari, Eissa Faqeih, M Al-Wakeel, Maher A. Almashary, Sulaiman Almohameed, Mohammed Alzahrani, Abeer Migdad, Osama Y. Al-Dirbashi, Mohamed S. Rashed, Mohamed Al‐Amoudi, Minnie Jacob, Lujane Y. Al-Ahaidib, Fahd El‐Badaoui, Amal Saadallah, Ayman Alsulaiman, Wafaa Eyaid, Ali Al‐Odaib
Abstract
The article highlights the experience of the NBS Program in Saudi Arabia and providing data on specific regional incidences of all the screened disorders included in the programme; and showed that the incidence of these disorders is one of the highest reported so far world-wide.
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