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Outcome of the first 3-years of a DNA-based neonatal screening program for glutaric acidemia type 1 in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, Canada.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2002
Greenberg C R, Prasad A N, Dilling L A, Thompson J R G, Haworth J C, Martin B, Wood-Steiman P, Seargeant L E, Seifert B, Booth F A, Prasad C
Abstract excerpt
Glutaric acidemia type 1 (GA1) is overrepresented in the aboriginal population of Island Lake, Manitoba, and northwestern Ontario who speak the Ojibway-Cree (Oji-Cree) dialect. The carrier frequency in these communities has been predicted to be as high as 1 in 10 individuals. Prior to beginning newborn screening for GA1 in May 1998, 18 of 20 affected patients diagnosed at this center have been from these...
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