False Positive Newborn Screens Secondary to a Maternal Inborn Error of Metabolism

False Positive Newborn Screens Secondary to a Maternal Inborn Error of Metabolism

False positive results are inherent to any screening program, and it is important that health care providers consider screening results as not definitive from either a diagnostic or therapeutic perspective. Lussky and Cifeuntes report an uncommon metabolic disorder that caused a false positive newbo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical pediatrics 2006-06, Vol.45 (5), p.471-474
Hauptverfasser: Lussky, Richard C., Cifuentes, Raul F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Babies
Case studies
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors
False Positive Reactions
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
Medical screening
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolism, Inborn Errors - diagnosis
Neonatal Screening
Pediatrics
Pregnancy
Siblings
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Zusammenfassung:False positive results are inherent to any screening program, and it is important that health care providers consider screening results as not definitive from either a diagnostic or therapeutic perspective. Lussky and Cifeuntes report an uncommon metabolic disorder that caused a false positive newborn screening result in a pair of siblings.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/0009922806289629