Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Second Faculty of Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine |
2014
Abstract
The nationwide newborn screening (NBS) using dried blood spots (DBS) was started in 1975 for phenylketonuria//hyperphenylalaninemia (PKU/HPA); in 1985 for congenital hypothyroidism (CH); in 2006 for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and in X/2009 screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) and 9 inherited metabolic diseases - maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), glutaric aciduria type I (GA I), isovaleric aciduria (IVA), medium chain acyl-CoA, long chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA and very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD, LCHADD and VLCADD), carnitine palmitoyltransferase I and II deficiency (CPTD I and II) and carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (CACTD) was mandated.