Cystic Fibrosis Cases Missed by Newborn Bloodspot Screening-Towards a Consistent Definition and Data Acquisition

• Main Authors: Anne Munck (Author), Kevin W. Southern (Author), Jared Murphy (Author), Karin M. de Winter-de Groot (Author), Silvia Gartner (Author), Bülent Karadag (Author), Nataliya Kashirskaya (Author), Barry Linnane (Author), Marijke Proesmans (Author), Dorota Sands (Author), Olaf Sommerburg (Author), Carlo Castellani (Author), Jürg Barben (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Repeated European surveys of newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) have shown varied strategies for collecting missed cases, and information on data collection differs among countries/regions, hampering data comparison. The ECFS Neonatal Screening Working Group defined missed cases by NBS as either fals...