The impact of newborn screening and earlier intervention on the clinical course of cystic fibrosis.
Cystic fibrosis is a life-limiting condition which is readily diagnosed in the vast majority of cases on newborn screening [NBS]. A diagnosis made on newborn screening translates into earlier initiation of therapies, improved growth, better lung function into the adult years and culminates in better survival.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
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Dijk
Dominic A
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Fitzgerald
D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening