Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis in New York State

Abstract

To the Editor .— We wish to rectify numerous inaccuracies in the recent article by Giusti et al.1 Although there is no “state coordinator” per se for cystic fibrosis (CF), a follow-up CF team does exist to provide assistance to anyone who contacts the screening program. The authors asserted that an immunoreactive trypsinogen value was unavailable for 1 cited infant; however, to our knowledge, no inquiry was made to the program in that individual case. Section 69–1.7 of the …