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Medicina (Buenos Aires)
Print version ISSN 0025-7680On-line version ISSN 1669-9106
Abstract
ALFONSO, Israel; CHARRIA, Gustavo and PAPAZIAN, Oscar. Updating neonatal neurometabolic screening. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2009, vol.69, n.1, suppl.1, pp.36-40. ISSN 0025-7680.
The purpose of neurometabolic screening is the earliest possible detection of treatable disorders. The disorders currently offered to general population screening are phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, galactosemia, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, cystic fibrosis, biotinidase deficiency, maple syrup urine disease, sickle cell disease, homocystinuria. The methods used for these evaluations are mass spectroscopy and genetic testing.
Keywords : Neonates; Screening.