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A 25-Year Retrospective on Bavaria’s Newborn Screening Programme: Achievements, Challenges and Long-Term Follow-Up [PDF]

International Journal of Neonatal Screening
The German federal state of Bavaria implemented newborn screening (NBS) using dried blood spots (DBS) as an integrated public health programme with centralised coordination.
Uta Nennstiel, Inken Brockow, Birgit Odenwald, Carola Marzi, Marianne Hanauer, Esther Maier, Wulf Röschinger, Ralph Fingerhut, Bernhard Liebl   +8 more
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Newborn Screening

Nursing for Women's Health, 2011
Early detection of many disorders, mainly inherited, is feasible with population-wide analysis of newborn dried blood spot samples. Phenylketonuria was the prototype disorder for newborn screening (NBS) and early dietary treatment has resulted in vastly improved outcomes for this disorder. Testing for primary hypothyroidism and cystic fibrosis (CF) was
Rebecca Anderson, Erin Rothwell, Jeffrey R. Botkin   +2 more
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Butyrylcarnitine Elevation in Newborn Screening: Reducing False Positives and Distinguishing between Two Rare Diseases through the Evaluation of New Ratios

Biomedicines, 2023
One of the main challenges of newborn screening programs, which screen for inherited metabolic disorders, is cutting down on false positives (FPs) in order to avoid family stresses, additional analyses, and unnecessary costs.
MariaAnna Messina, Alessia Arena, Riccardo Iacobacci, Luisa La Spina, Concetta Meli, Federica Raudino, Martino Ruggieri   +6 more
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Introduction of a Protocol for Structured Follow-Up and Texting of Inadequate and Borderline-Positive Newborn Metabolic Screening Results

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2022
A national protocol for structured follow-up and texting of repeat newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) sample requests was introduced. Repeat samples are needed where the initial sample is inadequate or the result borderline-positive.
Natasha Heather, Lisa Morgan, Detlef Knoll, Keith Shore, Mark de Hora, Dianne Webster   +5 more
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Successful Implementation of Newborn Screening for Hemoglobin Disorders in the Philippines

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2021
The Philippine newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) program began in 1996 with 24 hospitals and was formalized by legislation in 2004. The NBS panel was recently expanded to include a number of additional hereditary congenital conditions.
Carmencita D. Padilla, Bradford L. Therrell, Maria Melanie Liberty B. Alcausin, Reynaldo C. de Castro, Maria Beatriz P. Gepte, Ma. Elouisa L. Reyes, Charity M. Jomento, Riza Concordia N. Suarez, Ebner Bon G. Maceda, Conchita G. Abarquez, J. Edgar Winston C. Posecion, Alma P. Andal, Anna Lea G. Elizaga, Bernadette C. Halili-Mendoza, Maria Paz Virginia K. Otayza, Carolyn C. Hoppe   +15 more
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Novel Modification of a Confirmatory SMA Sequencing Assay that Can Be Used to Determine SMN2 Copy Number

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2021
Promising treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the leading genetic cause of infant mortality, prompted calls for inclusion in newborn screening (NBS).
Binod Kumar, Samantha Barton, Jolanta Kordowska, Roger B. Eaton, Anne M. Counihan, Jaime E. Hale, Anne Marie Comeau   +6 more
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Successful Implementation of Expanded Newborn Screening in the Philippines Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2022
Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) began as a research project in the Philippines in 1996 and was mandated by law in 2004. The program initially included screening for five conditions, with a sixth added in 2012.
Carmencita D. Padilla, Bradford L. Therrell, Maria Melanie Liberty B. Alcausin, Mary Anne D. Chiong, Mary Ann R. Abacan, Ma. Elouisa L. Reyes, Charity M. Jomento, Maria Truda T. Dizon-Escoreal, Margarita Aziza E. Canlas, Michelle E. Abadingo, J. Edgar Winston C. Posecion, Conchita G. Abarquez, Alma P. Andal, Anna Lea G. Elizaga, Bernadette C. Halili-Mendoza, Maria Paz Virginia K. Otayza, David S. Millington   +16 more
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Introducing Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency—The New Zealand Experience

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2022
Screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) was added to the New Zealand national newborn screening programme in December 2017. Documentation pertaining to the application to add SCID to the panel and screening results over the first three ...
Natasha Heather, Mark de Hora, Shannon Brothers, Pippa Grainger, Detlef Knoll, Dianne Webster   +5 more
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Newborn Screening

Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, 2009
Screening newborns for inherited disorders provides an opportunity for pre-symptomatic identification and early intervention to prevent or mitigate morbidity and mortality associated with these conditions. Since the introduction of newborn screening in 1962 to screen for phenylketonuria, technological advances have enabled the screening panel to expand
Inderneel, Sahai, Deborah, Marsden
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Is Our Newborn Screening Working Well? A Literature Review of Quality Requirements for Newborn Blood Spot Screening (NBS) Infrastructure and Procedures

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2023
Newborn screening using dried blood spots (NBS) is widely acknowledged as a highly successful procedure in secondary prevention. For a number of congenital disorders, severe disability or death are impressively prevented by early detection and early ...
Birgit Odenwald, Inken Brockow, Marianne Hanauer, Anja Lüders, Uta Nennstiel   +4 more
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