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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Mass Screening > Neonatal Screening
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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Neonatal Screening
Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Neonatal Screening

Preferred term

Neonatal Screening  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The identification of selected parameters in newborn infants by various tests, examinations, or other procedures. Screening may be performed by clinical or laboratory measures. A screening test is designed to sort out healthy neonates (INFANT, NEWBORN) from those not well, but the screening test is not intended as a diagnostic device, rather instead as epidemiologic.

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Entry terms

  • Infant, Newborn, Screening
  • Newborn Infant Screening
  • Newborn Screening

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Dépistage néonatal

    French

  • Dépistage chez le nourrisson
  • Dépistage chez le nouveau-né
  • Dépistage chez les nouveau-nés

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KNLW3Z9F-5

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