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UK Neonatal blood spot test (August 2013)

  • PKU - phenylketonuria
  • CHT - congenital hypothyroidism
  • SCD - sickle cell disease
  • CF - cystic fibrosis
  • MCADD - medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
 Note that UK conditions screened has changed in May 2014.

UK National Screening Committee - Newborn babies will be tested for four more disorders[1] "The test is already used to screen for phenylketonuria, hypothyroidism, sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, and medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. To these five conditions four more will now be added: homocystinuria, maple syrup urine disease, glutaric aciduria type 1, and isovaleric acidaemia."


Links: Guthrie test | United Kingdom Statistics

Reference

Table source (modified) http://newbornbloodspot.screening.nhs.uk/professionals

  1. ↑ Newborn babies will be tested for four more disorders, committee decides BMJ 2014; 348 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g3267 (Published 13 May 2014) BMJ 2014;348:g3267 UK National Screening Committee

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