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

GÜRAN, TÜLAY; Tezel, Basak; Cakir, Meltem; AKINCI, AYŞEHAN; ORBAK, Zerrin; KESKİN, MEHMET; EKLİOĞLU, BERAY; Ozon, Alev; Ozbek, Mehmet; KARAGÜZEL, GÜLAY; HATİPOĞLU, NİHAL; GÜRBÜZ, FATİH; ÇİZMECİOĞLU JONES, FİLİZ; Kara, Cengiz; ŞİMŞEK, ENVER; Bas, Firdevs; Aydin, Murat; Darendeliler, Feyza

doi:10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2020.2019.0182

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

GÜRAN T., Tezel B., Cakir M., AKINCI A., ORBAK Z., KESKİN M., ...More

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol.12, no.3, pp.287-294, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 12 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2020
Doi Number: 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2020.2019.0182
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.287-294
Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Turkish Directorate of Public Health introduced the first pilot screening program for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in four Turkish cities in 2017, and in 2018 extended the program, with a slight change in screening strategy, to fourteen cities. To evaluate the performance of the extended study and update previously reported outcomes.