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ey0017.13-14 | Endocrinology | ESPEYB17

13.14. Newborn screening in Nigeria: Will incorporating congenital hypothyroidism with sickle cell disease improve neonatal screening programme?

EY Iroro , J Tamunopriye , B Datonye , I Lorenzo

To read the full abstract: Acta Biomed. 2019; 90(2): 316–320. doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i2.8485• The authors review the present status of newborn screening in Africa and discuss the concept that adding a neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) to an existing sickle cell disease screening would make it easier to implement than developing an independent screening program.&...