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What is the Expanded Newborn Screening Blood Test?

April 26, 2017Expanded newborn screening

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What is the Expanded Newborn Screening Blood Test?

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blood test only covers 45-55 disorders in newborn babies upto 1 month old after which the test is not valid….an addon for more wider cover is the metabolic screening for metabolic disorders by a urine test.

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• The expanded newborn screening blood test uses a new method to test for over 24 rare disorders. This method is called Tandem Mass Spectrometry. • Not all states are able to provide expanded newborn screening at this time.