RA 9288 Flashcards
law promulgating a comprehensive policy and national system ensuring NBS
RA 9288
process of collecting a few drops from newborn
Newborn Screening
examination that increases the coverage of NBS panel from 6-28 types of congenital disorders
Expanded Newborn Screening (ENBS)
NBS shall be performed ____
after 24 hrs but not later than 3 days
any congenital trait that can result in mental retardation, physical deformity, or death if left undetected
heritable condition
Specimen of choice
whole blood
defects that involve errors in production of endocrine hormones
Endocrine Disorders
2 Endocrine Disorders
Congenital hypothyroidism
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
disorder resulting from Thyroid Dysgenesis that affects thyroid production
Congenital hypothyroidism
defects that involve errors in amino acid metabolism
Amino Acid Disorders
disorders resulting from enzymatic defects in biosynthesis of steroid
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
cystathionine B-synthase deficiency
Homocystinuria (Hcy)
abnormal elevation of plasma methionine
MAT deficiency
defect or deficiency of ketoacid dehydrogenase complex
Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
phenylalanine cant be converted to tyrosine, phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency
Phenylketonuria
fumarylacetoacetase deficiency
Tyrosinemia type 1
tyrosine aminotransferase deficiency
Tyrosinemia type 2
deficiency or absence of enzymes needed for beta oxidation
fatty acid oxidation disorders
lack of CPT1
CPT1 deficiency
lack of CPT2
CPT2 deficiency