Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis in Switzerland — Consequences after analysis of a 4 months pilot study

Abstract Background Switzerland introduced newborn screening (NBS) for CF in 2011, using an IRT/DNA/IRT protocol. This paper describes the results of the first year and compares two versions of the protocol with different IRT cut-offs, particularly effects on recall rate, sensitivity and specificity...

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