RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Satisfactory screening for cystic fibrosis with the BM meconium procedure.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 911
OP 913
DO 10.1136/jcp.34.8.911
VO 34
IS 8
A1 R T Evans
A1 A J Little
A1 A E Steel
A1 J M Littlewood
YR 1981
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/8/911.abstract
AB The Boehringer Mannheim test (BM test) for cystic fibrosis has been applied to 15 734 neonates. A positive result occurred in 130, seven of whom were subsequently shown to have the disease. To our knowledge no cases have been missed. Tests have been performed centrally by experienced laboratory staff and the false-positive rate of 0.83% is considered acceptable. It is important to follow up weak as well as strongly positive reactions to the BM test strip.