The current preferred method for screening for inborn errors of metabolism is

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Tandem mass spectrometry was developed in the 1990s and can screen for 30 or more disorders that affect newborns.Microarray technology is used to measure gene expression, which is useful in nutrigenomics but is too costly to use as a widespread screening methodology.The Guthrie bacterial inhibition assay was developed in the 1960s and became the basis for newborn screening.ELISA is used in immunologic testing.

The Current Preferred Method for Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism