The working party identified liveborn infants with the condition in six health board areas during 1971-85.
Newborn screening is intended as a public health program to identify infants with treatable conditions before they present clinically, or suffer irreversible damage.
Health-care professionals should question pregnant patients in order to recognize substance-abusing women and to identify early infants at high risk.
Perinatal screening can identify HIV-exposed infants early, making it possible to follow infected children closely and promptly diagnose other potentially treatable, HIV-related conditions (e.g., severe bacterial infections).
This study affords the opportunity to identify infants who have X and Y Chromosome Variations between 9 and 12 months of age who would not be identified until adolescence otherwise.
Guidelines published in 1991 and aimed at reducing the incidence of P.C.P. in children infected with the virus called for identifying infants born to infected mothers as soon as possible.
Researchers said that by tracking down the gene or genes involved in Marfan and understanding the mutations, they could identify infants who suffer from the disease.
Officials at the Virginia medical center said an inadvertent mix-up was virtually impossible because of procedures used to identify infants and their mothers moments after birth.
Tests in Infants One report in Stockholm, from scientists of the Cetus Corporation and Northwestern University, showed that it was possible to identify infants who were born infected with the AIDS virus many months earlier than had previously been possible.
Procedures for identifying infants as disorganized/disoriented during the Ainsworth Strange Situation.