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What is the purpose of the Newborn Screening Program?

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The purpose of NBS is to find babies that have the metabolic disorders before they lead to an irreversible damage to mental and/or physical development of the baby.; and above all, ensure that the treatment is initiated in time so that the baby may live a better and healthy life.
As most babies who have these conditions look healthy and act normally in the newborn period and NBS is the only way to diagnose these conditions.

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