Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Turkey: Outcomes of Extended Pilot Study in 241,083 Infants

Tülay Güran Başak Tezel Meltem Çakır Ayşehan Akıncı Zerrin Orbak Mehmet Keskin Beray Selver Eklioğlu Zeynep Alev Ozon Mehmet Nuri Özbek Gülay Karagüzel Nihal Hatipoglu Fatih Gurbuz Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu-Jones Cengiz Kara Enver Şimşek Firdevs Baş Hasan Murat Aydın Feyza Darendelıler

Published in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2020)

Turkish neonatal CAH screening effectively led to earlier diagnosis of 21-OHD and 11β-OHD, using steroid profiling as a second-tier test. This will result in improved care of these patients in the future.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
healthcare
chronic kidney disease
palliative care
peritoneal dialysis
type diabetes
quality improvement
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current status
health insurance
glycemic control