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A brief overview of galactosemia newborn screening in the United States

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  1. Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Rm. 325.2 Whitehead Bldg., 615 Michael St, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Brook M. Pyhtila & Judith L. Fridovich-Keil

  2. Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Kelly A. Shaw

  3. Emory College, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Samantha E. Neumann

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Communicated by: Bridget Wilcken

This study was approved by both the Emory University Institutional Review Board (IRB# 00024933, PI: Fridovich-Keil) and the Georgia Department of Public Health Institutional Review Board (GA PDH IRB# 130306, PI: Fridovich-Keil). Data accessed from the Emory Genetics Lab MEDGIS database were ascertained through a HIPAA waiver granted by the Emory IRB (under IRB# 00024933).

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Pyhtila, B.M., Shaw, K.A., Neumann, S.E. et al. A brief overview of galactosemia newborn screening in the United States. J Inherit Metab Dis 37, 649–650 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10545-014-9694-7

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