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big1devin

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Which metabolic disorder is tested and screened for in newborns in all 50 U.S. states?
 a. glycogen storage disease
  b. tyrosinemia
  c. fructose intolerance
  d. phenylketonuria

Question 2

Which of the following is not an example of selective neonatal screening?
 a. testing of all infants in a population
  b. confirmatory testing of a positive neonatal screening
  c. testing siblings of child diagnosed with an inborn error of metabolism
  d. testing a child whose family has a history of inborn errors of metabolism



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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