Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Turkey: A Pilot Study with 38,935 Infants

• Main Authors: Tülay Güran (Author), Başak Tezel (Author), Fatih Gürbüz (Author), Beray Selver Eklioğlu (Author), Nihal Hatipoğlu (Author), Cengiz Kara (Author), Enver Şimşek (Author), Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu (Author), Alev Ozon (Author), Firdevs Baş (Author), Murat Aydın (Author), Feyza Darendeliler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Yayincilik, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is the most common form of primary adrenal insufficiency in children. Neonatal screening for CAH is effective in detecting the salt-wasting (SW) form and in reducing mortality. In this study, our aim was to estimate the incidence of CAH in Turkey and to...