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Report of Five Years of Experience in Neonatal Screening for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I and Review of the Literature
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Gragnaniello, Vincenza Gueraldi, Daniela Rubert, Laura Manzoni, Francesca Cazzorla, Chiara Giuliani, Antonella Polo, Giulia Salviati, Leonardo Burlina, Alberto |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is a progressive lysosomal storage disease, with neurological and visceral involvement, in which early diagnosis through newborn screening (NBS) and early treatment can improve outcomes. We present our first 5 years of experience with laboratory and clinical management of NBS for MPS I. Since 2015, we have screened 160,011 newborns by measuring α-L-iduronidase (IDUA) activity and, since 2019, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in dried blood spot (DBS) as a second-tier test. Positive screening patients were referred to our clinic for confirmatory clinical and molecular testing. We found two patients affected by MPS I (incidence of 1:80,005). Before the introduction of second-tier testing, we found a high rate of false-positives due to pseudodeficiency. With GAG analysis in DBS as a second-tier test, no false-positive newborns were referred to our clinic. The confirmed patients were early treated with enzyme replacement therapy and bone-marrow transplantation. For both, the clinical outcome of the disease is in the normal range. Our experience confirms that NBS for MPS I is feasible and effective, along with the need to include GAG assay as a second-tier test. Follow-up of the two positive cases identified confirms the importance of early diagnosis through NBS and early treatment to improve the outcome of these patients. |
| Starting Page | 85 |
| e-ISSN | 2409515X |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijns6040085 |
| Journal | International Journal of Neonatal Screening |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-11-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Journal of Neonatal Screening Pediatrics and Child Health Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I Expanded Newborn Screening Lysosomal Disorders Second-tier Test Tandem Mass Spectrometry Α-l-iduronidase Glycosaminoglycans Dermatan Sulfate Heparan Sulfate |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
