| Literature DB >> 514173 |
D Pitt, J Connelly, I Francis, B Wilcken, D A Brown, G Hill, P Masters, R G Tucker, J Raby, J McFarlane.
Abstract
Since screening of newborn infants for phenylketonuria (PKU) by Guthrie bacterial inhibition assay was established in the 1960s. 2 334 679 infants have been tested in Australia, and 208 cases of PKU detected (an incidence of 1/11 224). In 1978, 21 infants with PKU were detected. Screening for hypothyroidism was carried out in three States, and 29 cases of congenital hypothyroidism were detected in 1978 (an incidence of 1/5894).Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID： 514173 DOI： 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb127138.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med J Aust ISSN： 0025-729X Impact factor: 7.738