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Neonatal Screening

Medical Definition: The identification of selected parameters in newborn infants by various tests, examinations, or other procedures. Screening may be performed by clinical or laboratory measures. A screening test is designed to sort out healthy neonates (INFANT, NEWBORN) from those not well, but the screening test is not intended as a diagnostic device, rather instead as epidemiologic.
Guide Notes: check tag INFANT, NEWBORN
Previously Indexed: Infant, Newborn (1966-1989),Mass Screening (1966-1989)

Neonatal Screening Medical Definitions and Terms

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