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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2019

13. Global Health for the Paediatric Endocrinologist

Endocrinology: Newborn Screening

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13.6. Newborn screening in the developing countries

BL Therrell Jr , CD Padilla

Curr Opin Pediatr 2018, 30:734–739. DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000683• Congenital hypothyroidism is the most cost-effective screened condition.• Screening for hemoglobinopathies and glucose-6-dehydrogenase deficiency can be cost-effective in sub-Saharan Africa, India and some parts of Asia where there is a high incidence of these diseases.<p...

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13.7. A pilot study on newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia in Beijing

L Gong , X Gao , N Yang , J Zhao , H Yang , Y Kong

J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2019; 32(3): 253–258. DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2018-0342• 44,360 neonates were screened for CAH as part of a pilot screening programme in Beijing.• In this prospective study, a CAH incidence of 1:7393 was found, and the most common 21 OHase mutation was c.293-13C/A>G.The authors describe the results of a ...