Exploring the Cost-Effectiveness of Newborn Screening for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) in the UK

• Main Authors: Karen Bean (Author), Simon A. Jones (Author), Anupam Chakrapani (Author), Suresh Vijay (Author), Teresa Wu (Author), Heather Church (Author), Charlotte Chanson (Author), Andrew Olaye (Author), Beckley Miller (Author), Ivar Jensen (Author), Francis Pang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a fatal inherited lysosomal storage disease that can be detected through newborn bloodspot screening. The feasibility of the screening assay and the clinical rationale for screening for MLD have been previously demonstrated, so the aim of this study is to determ...