Open AccessOn the choice of a test method for phenylketonuria, adequate to the conditions of transport and postal messages
Author(s) -
N. A. Sergeeva
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj90967
Subject(s) - hyperphenylalaninemia , dried blood , pediatrics , medicine , screening test , phenylketonurias , phenylalanine , chemistry , chromatography , biochemistry , amino acid
In our country, several types of blood screening of newborns are used to detect hyperphenylalaninemia: bacteriological, fluorometric, chromatographic. Screening of blood of newborns for the detection of phenylketonuria (PKU) fluorometrically has been carried out in the Republic of Tatarstan since 1993. During this year, 12774 newborns were examined, for the next 1994-1995 and one patient was identified. Of the 32719 tests for two years, there were 3 false-positive results, false-negative - it is not yet known, cases of hyperphenylalaninemia - 2.