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Newborn screening programs: should 22q11 deletion syndrome be added?
[child syndrome]
The
highly
variable
22
q
11
deletion
syndrome
has
been
proposed
for
addition
to
newborn
screening
panels
.
A
literature
review
investigated
the
incidence
and
prevalence
,
clinical
features
,
and
prognosis
of
22
q
11
deletion
syndrome
and
other
issues
related
to
newborn
screening
.
Severe
complications
that
could
potentially
be
helped
by
screening
include
cardiac
defects
in
80
%
(
with
20
%
having
no
outward
signs
to
aid
detection
)
,
hypocalcemia
that
can
lead
to
seizures
in
20
%
(
though
hypocalcemia
is
routinely
investigated
in
sick
newborns
)
,
and
severe
immune
deficiency
in
<
1
%
(
which
would
be
identified
by
some
states
'
severe
combined
immunodeficiency
screens
)
.
Other
benefits
that
do
not
fit
traditional
goals
of
newborn
screening
include
treatment
for
complications
such
as
failure
to
thrive
and
developmental
delay
or
preventing
a
"
diagnostic
odyssey
.
"
Although
universal
screening
may
prove
the
incidence
to
be
>
1
:
5000
,
undetected
life-threatening
effects
occur
in
a
minority
of
22
q
11
deletion
syndrome
patients
.
Concerns
include
an
untested
screening
technique
,
difficulty
obtaining
results
in
time
for
cardiac
intervention
,
the
chance
of
"
vulnerable
child
syndrome
"
in
mild
cases
,
and
possibly
detecting
congenital
heart
disease
more
efficiently
by
other
means
.
Because
addition
of
tests
for
highly
variable
conditions
such
as
22
q
11
deletion
syndrome
is
likely
to
set
a
precedent
for
other
syndromes
,
reevaluation
of
newborn
screening
criteria
should
be
considered
.
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"and possibly detecting congenital heart disease more efficiently by other means"
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