Newborn screening expansion offers early diagnosis and treatment to infants with SCID
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 14:50
in Health & Medicine
Data from 11 newborn screening programs showed that newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) can be successfully implemented across public health newborn screening programs. SCID babies are born without a developed immune system and are subject to a wide variety of life-threatening infections.