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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2000;284:2044-2046.

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A newborn in Ohio is screened for homocystinuria. A newborn in Oregon is not, but is screened for biotinidase, something that isn't part of the screening panel in Ohio. Newborns in Massachusetts are screened for 11 congenital conditions; in South Dakota, for only three.

Figure appears in full text version. Number of Conditions Included in State Newborn Screening Programs, 2000 PKU indicates phenylketonuria; CH, congenital hypothyroidism. Adapted with permission from Pediatrics. 2000;106 (suppl):392.

This is the crazy-quilt status of screening the estimated 4,000,000 infants born annually in the United States and a major reason a task force has published a report outlining the issues public health officials, parents, physicians, and politicians should resolve in this arena (Pediatrics. 2000;106(suppl):383-427).

The Newborn Screening Task Force was convened in May 1999 by the American Academy of Pediatrics at the request of the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

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