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The Initial Evaluation of Patients After Positive Newborn Screening: Recommended Algorithms Leading to a Confirmed Diagnosis of Pompe Disease

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Title
The Initial Evaluation of Patients After Positive Newborn Screening: Recommended Algorithms Leading to a Confirmed Diagnosis of Pompe Disease
Published in
Pediatrics, July 2017
DOI 10.1542/peds.2016-0280d
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Barbara K. Burton, David F. Kronn, Wuh-Liang Hwu, Priya S. Kishnani

Abstract

Newborn screening (NBS) for Pompe disease is done through analysis of acid α-glucosidase (GAA) activity in dried blood spots. When GAA levels are below established cutoff values, then second-tier testing is required to confirm or refute a diagnosis of Pompe disease. This article in the "Newborn Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Pompe Disease" guidance supplement provides recommendations for confirmatory testing after a positive NBS result indicative of Pompe disease is obtained. Two algorithms were developed by the Pompe Disease Newborn Screening Working Group, a group of international experts on both NBS and Pompe disease, based on whether DNA sequencing is performed as part of the screening method. Using the recommendations in either algorithm will lead to 1 of 3 diagnoses: classic infantile-onset Pompe disease, late-onset Pompe disease, or no disease/not affected/carrier. Mutation analysis of the GAA gene is essential for confirming the biochemical diagnosis of Pompe disease. For NBS laboratories that do not have DNA sequencing capabilities, the responsibility of obtaining sequencing of the GAA gene will fall on the referral center. The recommendations for confirmatory testing and the initial evaluation are intended for a broad global audience. However, the Working Group recognizes that clinical practices, standards of care, and resource capabilities vary not only regionally, but also by testing centers. Individual patient needs and health status as well as local/regional insurance reimbursement programs and regulations also must be considered.

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Unknown 52 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 19%
Other 8 15%
Student > Postgraduate 8 15%
Student > Bachelor 4 8%
Student > Master 4 8%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 11 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 35%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 15%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 12 23%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 December 2017.
All research outputs
#13,483,884
of 22,985,065 outputs
Outputs from Pediatrics
#12,901
of 16,698 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#158,473
of 314,066 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Pediatrics
#147
of 173 outputs
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