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Meeting the challenges of rare diseases in NHS newborn blood spot screening

Posted by: Farah Seedat and Silvia Lombardo, Posted on: 19 July 2022 - Categories: General

Find out more about Blood Spot Task Group (BSTG) and how it is helping inform UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) evaluations into screening for rare diseases.

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