Neonatal screening of phenylketonuria and congenital hypothyroidism in China.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1999 ; 30 Suppl 2(): 17-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-33781
ABSTRACT
Mass screening of newborns for some congenital metabolic diseases is a tremendous achievement in the field of preventive medicine. The pilot study of neonatal screening in China was started in 1981. According to the results of 1.1 million newborn screenings from 8 big cities in the past 6 years, the incidence of phenylketonuria was 1/14,767 and congenital hypothyroidism was 1/5,469. China is a vast country with great economic differences among the different regions, making neonatal screening difficult in some areas. The national neonatal screening coverage rate is only about 2 % at the moment, but in metropolitan centers like Shanghai, the coverage rate reached 95 % in 1997.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Phenylketonurias
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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China
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Incidence
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Neonatal Screening
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Congenital Hypothyroidism
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Hypothyroidism
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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