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Urine testing in young febrile children: a risk-benefit analysis
✍ Scribed by S. Tange; K.N. Drummond; E.L. Mills; M.S. Kramer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9120
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✦ Synopsis
performed in nine regional genetic centres and two private laboratories in Ontario. The following methods are in use: Hybritech ERA (6 users), Abbott IMx (4) and Dade STRATUS (1). Three laboratories use a neural tube defect screening cut-off of 2.00 multiples of the median (MoM), and eight use 2.50 MoM; the choice of cut-off reflects local resources for follow-up. The laboratories using the Abbott and Hybritech assays are, by a long-standing consensus