International Journal of Neonatal Screening, Volume 11, Issue 4

This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of neonatal congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) screening in Guangzhou, China. A total of 818,417 newborns were screened for CAH by measuring 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) concentrations. Cut-off...

3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency (3-MCCD) is a metabolic disorder with a wide clinical spectrum ranging from asymptomatic individuals to severe metabolic decompensation. Following the introduction of expanded newborn screening, a high numb...

The German federal state of Bavaria implemented newborn screening (NBS) using dried blood spots (DBS) as an integrated public health programme with centralised coordination. The Bavarian NBS Centre collaborates with NBS laboratories, obstetric and pa...

Organic acid disorders (OADs) are inherited metabolic defects in the enzymes and cofactors involved in metabolic pathways. This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the incidence and regional differences in OADs between the northern and s...

This study evaluates the incidence of metabolic disorders detected from January 2005 to December 2024 and their clinical outcomes. Data were retrospectively collected from the Louisiana Newborn Screening database. Clinical outcomes were obtained thro...

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This study aims to investigate the genotype characteristics of newborns with biallelic GJB2 mutations and their correlation with hearing phenotypes, providing a basis for clinical genetic counseling and hearing management. A retrospective study was c...

Following Newborn Screening (NBS), parents receiving positive results experience various psychosocial effects upon learning their child’s genetic information or unexpected findings. These factors warrant careful consideration. The Japanese Medi...

Universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) has become widely adopted worldwide as a standard of care for the early detection of congenital hearing loss. The Egyptian UNHS program started as a presidential initiative by the Ministry of Health in Novem...

Hemoglobinopathies represent a major public health concern in Tunisia. Although early diagnosis is essential, systemic neonatal screening has not yet been implemented at the national level. We conducted a screening study in Northern Tunisia (Bizerte...