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March of Dimes working to increase newborn screening tests in Pennsylvania.
2004 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National coverage of March of Dimes recommended newborn screening tests for metabolic disorders is drawing interest and support for an increase in the number of tests required in Pennsylvania.
The response follows March of Dimes reports that 70% of babies in the U.S. are born in states that still fail to carry out the nine core newborn screening tests recommended by the March of Dimes, according to the non-profit's 2004 state-by-state report card on newborn screening.
In Pennsylvania, only six metabolic newborn screening tests are required by state law.
The March of Dimes Pennsylvania Chapter is poised to introduce legislation that will add homocystinuria, biotinidase deficiency, and medium-chain ACYL-COA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCAD) to the newborn screening tests already offered in the state to bring Pennsylvania to the nine core metabolic tests recommended by the March of Dimes.
The March of Dimes is the first national health organization to recommend that every baby born in the U.S. receive, at a minimum, screening for the same core group of nine metabolic disorders as well as hearing deficiency.
All of these metabolic disorders can be successfully managed or treated to prevent severe consequences, if diagnosed early. Few parents realize that the extent of newborn testing depends entirely on the state in which their baby is born.
The metabolic disorders on the March of Dimes-recommended list for screening are: phenylketonuria; congenital hypothyroidism; ...
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