PEDIATRICS Vol. 31 No. 1 January 1963, pp. 160
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Should All Newborn Infants Be Tested for Phenylketonuria?

FRANK B. NORDSTROM M.D.

I have read the increasing spate of correspondence dealing with phenylketonuria.

It would seem that the writers have already assumed that universal testing of newborns is necessary and only ask how. I practice in a town of 20,000. In practical terms this means that I would probably test for this disease for a lifetime and discover one case. Would the vast expenditure of time and money be worth it? To carry the testing program further, why not test for mucoviscidosis with a routine sweat test?