Newborn Screening: Complexities in Universal Genetic Testing
Nancy S. Green, MD,
Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH and
Thomas H. Murray, PhD
Nancy S. Green is with the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, White Plains, NY, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. At the time of the study, Siobhan M. Dolan was with the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, White Plains, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx. Thomas H. Murray is with The Hastings Center, Garrison, NY.
FIGURE 1——US newborn screening: mandated and implementeda American College of Medical Genetics–recommended core conditionsb by state (as of September 2005).
aOther disorders may be offered but are either nonmandatory or not implemented.
bCore conditions are 29 disorders recommended by the American College of Medical Genetics 2005 report Newborn Screening: Toward a Uniform Screening Panel and System.8
Source. National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center.9
