ReviewIndian journal of pediatrics2015
Newborn screening: need of the hour in India.
Review in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Status of Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism in India.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2018Pooled it
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- Newborn screening in Karnataka: A scoping review of the landscape.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Tandem mass spectrometry in screening for inborn errors of metabolism: comprehensive bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Consolidated Newborn Bloodspot Screening Efforts in Developing Countries in the Asia Pacific-2024.International journal of neonatal screening · 2024Article
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- Spinal muscular atrophy: Molecular mechanism of pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapeutics, and clinical trials in the Indian context.Journal of biosciences · 2024Review
- Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Bihar: A pressing priority in today's time.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Congenital hypothyroidism in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, screen positivity rates, and etiology.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2022Article
- Need and Viability of Newborn Screening Programme in India: Report from a Pilot Study.International journal of neonatal screening · 2022Article
- Disorders of Tetrahydrobiopterin Metabolism: Experience from South India.Metabolic brain disease · 2022Article
- A retrospective study on newborn screening for metabolic disorders.Bioinformation · 2022Article
- Current Status of Newborn Screening in Southeastern Europe.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Newborn Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency for Improving Health Care in India.Journal of pediatric intensive care · 2020Article
- Genomics of rare genetic diseases-experiences from India.Human genomics · 2019Review
- Diversity in the incidence and spectrum of organic acidemias, fatty acid oxidation disorders, and amino acid disorders in Asian countries: Selective screening vs. expanded newborn screening.Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2018Article
- Prenatal diagnosis of steroid 21-hydroxylase-deficient congenital adrenal hyperplasia: Experience from a tertiary care centre in India.The Indian journal of medical research · 2017Article
- Newborn Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in India: What Do We Need to Watch Out for?Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2016Article
- Editorial: Advances in neonatology--III.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2015Article
- Prevalence of Congenital Hypothyroidism in India: Mapping and Critical Appraisal.Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolismArticle
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Abstract
After a review of the current health scene in India, the authors suggest that the Government of India should consider seriously, the introduction of new born screening. As a first step, a central advisory committee should be constituted to recommend what is required to be done to strengthen the infrastructure and the manpower to carry out new born screening, and the disorders to be screened. In the urban hospitals newborn screening (NBS) for three disorders can be easily introduced (congenital hypothyroidism, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and G-6-PD deficiency), while in the rural areas this should begin with congenital hypothyroidism, especially in the sub Himalayan areas. Concurrently, logistic issues regarding diets and special therapies for inborn errors of metabolism should be sorted out, laboratories to confirm the diagnosis should be set up, and a cadre of metabolic physicians should be build up to treat those identified to have inborn errors of metabolism. Once these are established on a firm footing, tandem mass spectrometry should be introduced as it allows the identification of a number of disorders in an affordable manner. The recent improvements and current trends in health care in India have created the necessary infrastructure for adopting NBS for the benefit of infants in India.
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