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Laboratory newborn screening


Authors: Honzík Tomáš 1;  Kožich Viktor 1;  Pešková Karolína 1;  Votava Felix 2
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika pediatrie a dědičných poruch metabolismu 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha 1;  Klinika dětí a dorostu 3. LF UK a FN Královské Vinohrady, Praha 2
Published in: Čes-slov Pediat 2022; 77 (1): 12-18.
Category: Chapters for Specialization in Pediatrics

Overview

Introduction: laboratory newborn screening (LNS) is a preventive population-wide program that enables early diagnosis and efficient treatment of patients with selected congenital and hereditary diseases and improves significantly their quality of life.

Methodology: analysis of capillary blood collected between 48 and 72 hours of life in the form of a dried blood spot by tandem mass spectrometry, fluorimetry, immunoassay and molecular genetic methods.

Results: in the Czech Republic, LNS was started in 1975 with a search for phenylketonuria (PKU), further expanded in 1985 by congenital hypothyroidism (CH), in 2006 by congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), in 2009 by cystic fibrosis (CF) and 9 other inborn metabolic diseases. The number of diseases was further expanded in 2016. In 2010-2020, a total of 1,100 patients with one of the target diseases were diagnosed with LNS by analysing more than 1.2 million newborns. The cumulative neonatal prevalence of all 18 diseases is 1: 1,100. The most common diseases are CH, PKU, CF and partial biotinidase deficiency. From 2022, the start of a pilot program for further LNS expansion by adding spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiencies is planned.

Conclusion: advances in technology and treatment enable expansion of LNS programs worldwide in compliance with the still valid WHO criteria according to Wilson and Jungner.

Keywords:

Cystic fibrosis – congenital adrenal hyperplasia – laboratory newborn screening – congenital hypothyroidism – inborn metabolic diseases


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