Audit of Newborn Screening Programme for Congenital Hypothyroidism.
Congenital hypothyroidism screening programme in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was started since 2004 using cord blood TSH. An audit of the screening programme for a period of 24 months was done for the year 2010 and 2011. A total of 12928 newborn babies were screened with coverage of 100%. Two ca...
| Publicado en: | International Medical Journal Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 633 - 635 |
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Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation
Oct2013
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