J. Gerard Loeber

TL;DR: The huge difference of recall rates illustrate one obvious and important area for improvement of programme performances that could be aided by strengthened European cooperation.

TL;DR: In many European countries neonatal screening has been introduced over the last 50 years as an important public health programme, depending on health care structure, available funds, local politics, input from professional groups, parent groups, and the general public this introduction has led to different approaches in the way the screenings have been set up, financed and governed.

TL;DR: Results from measurements were used to predict expected Phe recoveries from tandem analyses of the two sets of materials and to examine the effect of blood hematocrit on analyte recovery from DBSs.

TL;DR: This survey gives a first comprehensive overview of the steps following a positive screening result in European NBS programmes, revealing substantial variation of national screening panels, but also a lot of similarities.

TL;DR: The T4 plus TSH plus TBG approach is a recommendable strategy for neonatal CH screening and offers outstanding detection of patients with CH-C, in addition to those withCH-T, with acceptable costs.