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Newborn screening for galactosaemia has not been as widely accepted as screening for phenylketonuria (PKU) nor as excitedly embraced as the recently introduced screening for hypothyroidism. Experience of over ten years, however, indicates that galactosaemia screening should be included in all programmes of newborn screening for metabolic disorders.
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Levy, H.L. (1980). Screening for galactosaemia. In: Burman, D., Holton, J.B., Pennock, C.A. (eds) Inherited Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9215-3_8
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