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GENETICS IN MEDICINE
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages 792-796Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e318159a38e
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newborn screening; genetic screening; evidence-based review; heritable disorders; nomination process
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The Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children is charged with advising the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services in areas relevant to heritable conditions in children, especially newborn screening (NBS). This report describes the formulation by the Committee of a new process to nominate and review conditions to the recommended universal NBS panel. Nominations are currently being solicited. Committee review will adhere to the fundamental principles of being transparent, broadly :ible, evidence-based and consistent across the process for all of the proposed conditions across the process.
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