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  2. List of disorders included in newborn screening programs

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    The following disorders are additional conditions that may be detected by screening. Many are listed as "secondary targets" by the 2005 ACMG report. [1] Some states are now screening for more than 50 congenital conditions. Many of these are rare and unfamiliar to pediatricians and other primary health care professionals. [1] Blood cell disorders

  3. Newborn screening - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, newborn screening for sickle cell disease was recommended for all infants in 1987, however it was not implemented in all 50 states until 2006. [22] Early identification of individuals with sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies allows treatment to be initiated in a timely fashion.

  4. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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    As of 2016 all 50 states include screening for sickle cell disease as part of their newborn screen. [150] The newborn's blood is sampled through a heel-prick and is sent to a lab for testing. The baby must have been eating for a minimum of 24 hours before the heel-prick test can be done.

  5. A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health ...

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    The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. On Tuesday, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will review a gene therapy for the inherited blood ...

  6. Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Wikipedia

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    President George W. Bush signed the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 (Pub.L.110-204) (NBSSLA) into law on April 24, 2008, a day before DNA Day.The Act amended the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs concerning newborn screening education and outreach, as parents are often unaware that newborn screening takes place and the number and types of screening varies across ...

  7. Neonatal heel prick - Wikipedia

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    The blood of a two-week-old infant is collected for a Phenylketonuria, or PKU, screening. The neonatal heel prick is a blood collection procedure done on newborns. It consists of making a pinprick puncture in one heel of the newborn to collect their blood. This technique is used frequently as the main way to collect blood from neonates.

  8. Prenatal testing - Wikipedia

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    Screening can detect problems such as neural tube defects, chromosome abnormalities, and gene mutations that would lead to genetic disorders and birth defects such as spina bifida, cleft palate, Down syndrome, trisomy 18, Tay–Sachs disease, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, and fragile X syndrome.

  9. Category:Newborn screening - Wikipedia

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    Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013; P. Phenylketonuria This page was last edited on 14 January 2019, at 04:50 (UTC). ...