Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Turkey: Outcomes of Extended Pilot Study in 241,083 Infants

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Tülay Güran · Marmara University

Başak Tezel

Meltem Didem Çakır · Mersin Üniversitesi

Ayşehan Akıncı · Inonu University

Zerrin Orbak · Atatürk University

Mehmet Keskın · Gaziantep University

Beray Selver Eklioğlu · Necmettin Erbakan University

Abstract

Turkish neonatal CAH screening effectively led to earlier diagnosis of 21-OHD and 11β-OHD, using steroid profiling as a second-tier test. This will result in improved care of these patients in the future.

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Sexual Differentiation and Disorders Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Blood groups and transfusion

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Published in: Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 287-294

DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2020.2019.0182

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Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Turkey: Outcomes of Extended Pilot Study in 241,083 Infants

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