Published online February 1, 2007
PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 2 February 2007, pp. 407 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-3178)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Neonatal Screening: Old Dogma or Sound Principle?: In Reply

Duane Alexander, MD
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892

Peter C. van Dyck, MD, MPH, FAAP
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD 20857

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The comments by Dr Wald regarding our urging reexamination of the dogma that newborn screening should be offered only for conditions for which effective preventive or curative treatment exists set forth precisely the arguments that we believe should be challenged. The comments need to be considered seriously because of Dr Wald's eminence in the field of health screening and because they represent well the arguments on which policies have been based for nearly . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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