Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in Israel
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. History of the Israeli SCID Screening
3. Israeli SCID Screening Algorithm
4. Screening Reveals Increased Prevalence of ARTEMIS Mutations
5. Screening Limitations
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Rechavi, E.; Lev, A.; Saraf-Levy, T.; Etzioni, A.; Almashanu, S.; Somech, R. Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in Israel. Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2017, 3, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns3020013
Rechavi E, Lev A, Saraf-Levy T, Etzioni A, Almashanu S, Somech R. Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in Israel. International Journal of Neonatal Screening. 2017; 3(2):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns3020013
Chicago/Turabian StyleRechavi, Erez, Atar Lev, Talia Saraf-Levy, Amos Etzioni, Shlomo Almashanu, and Raz Somech. 2017. "Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in Israel" International Journal of Neonatal Screening 3, no. 2: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns3020013
APA StyleRechavi, E., Lev, A., Saraf-Levy, T., Etzioni, A., Almashanu, S., & Somech, R. (2017). Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in Israel. International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 3(2), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns3020013