We examined glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in north-eastern Italian Caucasian neonates detected by neonatal screening, in order to measure the incidence of heterozygote females detected by neonatal screening, and to estimate the near-true total incidence. A total of 85,437 Caucasian neonates, born between January 2000 and December 2001, have been enclosed in the study. The total incidence of the disease, measured by fluorescent method, is 0.9‰; the total incidence, calculated by Hardy-Weinberg law, is 4.8‰. The frequency of missed females is 93% of total females expected with G6PD deficiency; most of them are very likely heterozygous females. The sensitivity of the fluorescent method might be not sufficient to detect all females. Since heterozygote females might develop the symptoms of G6PD deficiency later, these results suggest that the G6PD neonatal screening may not be helpful in preventing disease in females

Neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency fails to detect heterozygote females

Zaffanello, Marco
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;
Rugolotto, Simone
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Zamboni, Giorgio
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Gaudino, Rossella
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Tatò, Luciano
Membro del Collaboration Group
2003-01-01

Abstract

We examined glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in north-eastern Italian Caucasian neonates detected by neonatal screening, in order to measure the incidence of heterozygote females detected by neonatal screening, and to estimate the near-true total incidence. A total of 85,437 Caucasian neonates, born between January 2000 and December 2001, have been enclosed in the study. The total incidence of the disease, measured by fluorescent method, is 0.9‰; the total incidence, calculated by Hardy-Weinberg law, is 4.8‰. The frequency of missed females is 93% of total females expected with G6PD deficiency; most of them are very likely heterozygous females. The sensitivity of the fluorescent method might be not sufficient to detect all females. Since heterozygote females might develop the symptoms of G6PD deficiency later, these results suggest that the G6PD neonatal screening may not be helpful in preventing disease in females
2003
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Newborn
screening
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