OBJECTIVES This study examined for the first time to our knowledge the national data available from newborn screening programs in the United States and determined the salient characteristics of various screening tests for 3 hereditary metabolic disorders and 2 congenital endocrinopathies with emphasis on positive predictive values (PPVs) to delineate the magnitude of false-positive results. M...

Thyroid gland disorders of various types; congenital , infectious, autoimmune, benign and malignant lesions. In the present study we have focused on all the disorders with special reference to age, sex, etiology, etiopathogenesis, complication and pathological diagnostic part of thyroid lesions. This study helps in the detection of thyroid lesions in the early diagnosis, treatment and assessmen...

Purpose: Synkinesis results from nerve miswirings and causes aberrant movements of the affected muscles. We present a series cases rare congenital ocular synkinesis involving extraocular muscles levator palpebrae superioris speculate possibility classifying these entities in spectrum cranial dysinnervation disorder. Methods: Records patients with diagnosis were analyzed retrospectively. sex, la...

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a rapidly growing group of inborn erros of metabolism with abnormal glycosylation of proteins and lipids. Nearly 70 inborn errors of metabolism have been described due to congenital defects of glycosylation, present as clinical syndromes, affecting multiple systems, impacting nearly every organ. No specific tests are available yet for screening al...

Congenital cataract is a common cause of blindness in children; however, its pathogenesis remains unclear. Genetic factors have been shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of congenital cataract. The current genetic models of congenital cataract include autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and sex-linked inheritance. Sex-linked congenital cataract could be inherited through the...

CATEGORIES ● Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism ● Hyperphenylalaninaemias and Biopterin Defects ● Organic Acid Disorders ● Other Amino Acid Disorders ● Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects ● Mitochondrial Disorders ● Carbohydrate Disorders ● Urea Cycle Disorders ● Purines and Pyrimidine Disorders ● Lipidoses / Fabry Disease ● Peroxisomal Disorders ● Metal and Vitamin Disorders ● Congenital Anoma...

primary immunodeficiencies constitute a group of highly complex congenital disorders most of which are characterized by a very poor prognosis. allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) has become an established curative treatment approach in many of these disorders, which may be permanently corrected. in this presentation basic and practical aspects of hsct are presented, with a...

BACKGROUND The rates of congenital disorders in Swiss sheep were determined by a questionnaire which was sent to 3,183 members of the Swiss Sheep Breeders' Association. FINDINGS A total of 993 questionnaires were returned, giving a response rate of 31.2%. Of these, 862 questionnaires originated from farms keeping one of the predominant Swiss sheep breeds: Swiss White Alpine sheep, Brown-Heade...

Genetic defects of the megakaryocyte lineage give rise to bleeding syndromes of varying severity. Blood platelets are unable to fulfill their hemostatic function of preventing blood loss on vessel injury. Spontaneous bleeding is mostly mucocutaneous in nature. Most studied are deficiencies of glycoprotein (GP) mediators of adhesion (Bernard-Soulier syndrome) and aggregation (Glanzmann thrombast...