Mischler 1998.
Methods | Comprehensive RCT to study both benefits and risks of newborn screening and to determine if early diagnosis would improve the prognosis of children with CF. Compares the nutritional status of patients with CF identified by neonatal screening or by standard diagnostic methods. |
Participants | 650 340 infants, 135 families of children diagnosed as having CF, 206 false‐positive families. |
Interventions | |
Outcomes | Height percentiles, weight percentiles, head‐circumference percentile, anthropometric indexes. Assessments of reproductive knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. |
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