Neonatal and Perinatal Screening

Over the last three decades there have been important advances in the implementation of neonatal screening programs and analytical techniques for congenital diseases in different parts of the world, including the Asian Pacific area. In the Second Asian Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Society for Neonatal Screening held in Hong Kong in November 1995, leading medical scientists in the field presented exceedingly useful and interesting results of their work. This book is a selection of edited and revised papers presented in that meeting, covering topics such as Screening Programs in the Asian Pacific Area, Management of Screening Programs, Molecular Studies on Inherited Metabolic Disease, Phenylketonuria, Fragile X Syndrome, Down's Syndrome, Congenital Hypothyroidism and New Technologies. The prospective of neonatal screening for congenial diseases in the Asian Pacific area is objectively ratiocinated.