A New Era In Newborn Screening
...nitaldisorders. This new test can detect not only phenylketonuria (PKU) but 30-35other disorders for which screening is currently too costly. In the past, blood samples to detect (PKU), which leads to mental retardation ifnot treated in the first months of life, were collected in the hospital at threedays of age o...Poor adherence to control measures for older children with phenylketonuria
...ely to adhere to recommended guidelines to control phenylketonuria (PKU), a metabolic disorder which can cause severe...ng and control of phenylalanine concentrations. If phenylketonuria is proven to be dangerous in adults as it is in infants, maintenance of good dietary control beyond ...Newborn screening is cost-effective in detecting rare but treatable genetic disease
...tates since the 1970s for genetic diseases such as phenylketonuria (PKU) and congenital hypothyroidism, with a handful of other diseases added over the years on a state-by-state basis. The recentdevelopment of the TMS technique has greatly expanded the number of diseases that can be detected, but less than half of U...