Choices about NBS implementation procedures made after a condition - TopicsExpress



          

Choices about NBS implementation procedures made after a condition is added to the RUSP can also potentially affect disparities. For example, the method of single|sample 2|tier screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) used in most US states—immunoreactive trypsinogen followed by testing for selected CFTR mutations in samples with elevated immunoreactive trypsinogen—detects fewer nonwhite infants who have CF because those CFTR mutations are less common in people of non-European ancestry who have CF. jama.md/1xlyrmb
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 02:00:05 +0000

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