Expanded Newborn Screening in Italy Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Two Years of National Experience

• Main Authors: Margherita Ruoppolo (Author), Sabrina Malvagia (Author), Sara Boenzi (Author), Carla Carducci (Author), Carlo Dionisi-Vici (Author), Francesca Teofoli (Author), Alberto Burlina (Author), Antonio Angeloni (Author), Tommaso Aronica (Author), Andrea Bordugo (Author), Ines Bucci (Author), Marta Camilot (Author), Maria Teresa Carbone (Author), Roberta Cardinali (Author), Claudia Carducci (Author), Michela Cassanello (Author), Cinzia Castana (Author), Chiara Cazzorla (Author), Renzo Ciatti (Author), Simona Ferrari (Author), Giulia Frisso (Author), Silvia Funghini (Author), Francesca Furlan (Author), Serena Gasperini (Author), Vincenza Gragnaniello (Author), Chiara Guzzetti (Author), Giancarlo La Marca (Author), Luisa La Spina (Author), Tania Lorè (Author), Concetta Meli (Author), MariaAnna Messina (Author), Amelia Morrone (Author), Francesca Nardecchia (Author), Rita Ortolano (Author), Giancarlo Parenti (Author), Enza Pavanello (Author), Damiana Pieragostino (Author), Sara Pillai (Author), Francesco Porta (Author), Francesca Righetti (Author), Claudia Rossi (Author), Valentina Rovelli (Author), Alessandro Salina (Author), Laura Santoro (Author), Pina Sauro (Author), Maria Cristina Schiaffino (Author), Simonetta Simonetti (Author), Monica Vincenzi (Author), Elisabetta Tarsi (Author), Anna Paola Uccheddu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Newborn screening (NBS) for inborn errors of metabolism is one of the most advanced tools for secondary prevention in medicine, as it allows early diagnosis and prompt treatment initiation. The expanded newborn screening was introduced in Italy between 2016 and 2017 (Law 167/2016; DM 13 October 2016...