Should 22q11 deletion be added to newborn screening panels?

摘要

Wisconsin researchers who have developed a 22q11 deletion test are preparing an effort to convince a federal committee to recommend screening newborns for the disorder. The researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who have developed a realtime, multiplex PCR test for 22q11 deletion, said during a November interview that they planned to petition the Department of Health and Human Services' Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children in December 2010.