BOSTON—Testing newborn babies for Wilson’s disease soon may be feasible and effective at a public health level, if the results of a large pilot study underway in Washington state continue on their trajectory and can be replicated in large prospective trials.
Newborn screening is considered among the most successful public health programs in the United States, said study investigator Sihoun Hahn, MD, PhD, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington, in Seattle. “We