Diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of inborn errors of metabolism in 100,077 newborns from Jining city in China

• Main Authors: Chi-Ju Yang (Author), Na Wei (Author), Ming Li (Author), Kun Xie (Author), Jian-Qiu Li (Author), Cheng-Gang Huang (Author), Yong-Sheng Xiao (Author), Wen-Hua Liu (Author), Xi-Gui Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mandatory newborn screening for metabolic disorders has not been implemented in most parts of China. Newborn mortality and morbidity could be markedly reduced by early diagnosis and treatment of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). Methods of screening for IEM by tandem mass spectr...