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October 1980, Vol 134, No. 10 >
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Screening of Newborns for Cystic Fibrosis FREE

LEWIS E. GIBSON, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1980;134(10):925-926. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130220003001.
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The report by Berry et al (see p 930) raises the question of mass screening of newborns for cystic fibrosis (CF). The authors suggest that mass screening is advisable, but do not believe enough data are available to recommend the best procedure. Both of these conclusions may be questioned. The advantages of early diagnosis should be examined. Also, since their article reports the examination of 65,000 meconium specimens, and a collaborative study1 funded by the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation reports the examination of more than 100,000 specimens, it should be possible at this point to draw some conclusions about the efficacy of various testing procedures.

It is difficult to argue that the early diagnosis of any disease is not in some way beneficial. However, one may vastly overstate the benefit. This seems to have occurred when Berry et al quoted an estimate "that up to 90% of undiagnosed CF

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Holzclaw DS, Berry HK, Bruns W, et al:  Meconium screening for cystic fibrosis: A collaborative study , in Cystic Fibrosis Club Abstracts. Rockville , Md, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1977;, p 54.
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Warwick WJ:  Ascertainment of CF in Minnesota , in Cystic Fibrosis Club Abstracts. Rockville , Md, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1979;, p 88.
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Warwick WJ, Pogue RE:  Missing patients with cystic fibrosis , in Cystic Fibrosis Club Abstracts. Rockville , Md, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1978;, p 99.
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Motoyama EK, Gibson LE, Zigas CJ:  Evaluation of mist tent therapy in cystic fibrosis using maximum expiratory flow volume curve . Pediatrics 50:299-306, 1972;.
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Wood RE, di Sant'Agnese PA:  Bioassays of cystic fibrosis factor . Lancet 2:1452-1453, 1973;.
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Holzclaw DS, Berry HK, Bruns W, et al:  Meconium screening for cystic fibrosis: A collaborative study , in Cystic Fibrosis Club Abstracts. Rockville , Md, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1977;, p 54.
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Warwick WJ:  Ascertainment of CF in Minnesota , in Cystic Fibrosis Club Abstracts. Rockville , Md, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1979;, p 88.
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Warwick WJ, Pogue RE:  Missing patients with cystic fibrosis , in Cystic Fibrosis Club Abstracts. Rockville , Md, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1978;, p 99.
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Motoyama EK, Gibson LE, Zigas CJ:  Evaluation of mist tent therapy in cystic fibrosis using maximum expiratory flow volume curve . Pediatrics 50:299-306, 1972;.
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Wood RE, di Sant'Agnese PA:  Bioassays of cystic fibrosis factor . Lancet 2:1452-1453, 1973;.
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