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Newborn Screening Practices and Alpha-Thalassemia Detection — United States, 2016
A 2016 survey of NBS programs found that although most programs report at least one form of suspected alpha-thalassemia, the methodologies, thresholds used, forms of disease reported,
and processes for reporting vary widely.
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