Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Using 17-Hydroxyprogesterone Assay in Filter Paper Blood Spots
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Hormone Research
- Vol. 30 (6) , 235-240
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000181069
Abstract
Screening of infants for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) using filter paper blood samples collected on the 5th day of life was performed with a radioimmunoassay for 17-hydroxyprogesterone without extraction with organic solvents. A total of 153,000 newborns were screened and 12 cases of CAH were detected (1:12,800). With recall levels related to gestational age, the recall rate could be lowered to 0.05%.Keywords
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