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Molecular picture of cobalamin C/D defects before and after newborn screening era.
Journal of medical screening - 1 Mar 2017
Nogueira C, Marcão A, Rocha H, Sousa C, Fonseca H, Valongo C, Vilarinho L
Abstract excerpt
Objective Birth prevalence of Cobalamin (Cbl) C or D defects in Portugal is an estimated 1:85,000, one of the highest worldwide. We compared the genotype/phenotype of patients identified with CblC or CblD before and after the implementation of expanded newborn screening. Methods Twenty-five Portuguese CblC/D patients, 14 symptomatic and 11 identified through screening, were diagnosed using gas chromatography or...
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