Postnatal corticosteroid treatment as a risk factor for false positivity in severe combined immunodeficiency newborn screening

From 2011, 37 children were referred to a hospital due to low levels of T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) from newborn screening. Among them, three children were immunologically characterized and followed up to show that postnatal corticosteroid usage may be among the causes of false positivi...

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Published in:	Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Main Authors:	Po-Sung Chen, Ju Lee, Hui-Ping Pan, Yuh-Jyh Lin, Yung-Chieh Lin, Yu-Shan Chang, Yen-Ju Chen, Chia-Liang Yen, Ching-Wei Lin, Chih-An Chen, Chi-Chang Shieh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-08-01
Subjects:	Corticosteroid Severe combined immunodeficiency SCID False positive Newborn screening
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118223000385