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ReviewGenetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2021

Impact of newborn screening on the reported incidence and clinical outcomes associated with medium- and long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders.

Deborah Marsden, Camille L Bedrosian, Jerry Vockley

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Review in Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. [Screening and genetic variation analysis of fatty acid oxidation disorder in neonates in Qingdao City].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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  7. [A case of neonatal fatty acid oxidation disorder].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Deborah MarsdenUltragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, CA, USA. DMarsden@ultragenyx.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2261-1764
Camille L BedrosianUltragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc, Novato, CA, USA.
Jerry VockleyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (United States) · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Inborn Errors of Long Chain Fat MetabolismR01DK078775 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VOCKLEY, GERARD · 2008 to 2019
$4.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078775
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty acid oxidation disorders (FAODs) are potentially fatal inherited disorders for which management focuses on early disease detection and dietary intervention to reduce the impact of metabolic crises and associated spectrum of clinical symptoms. They can be divided functionally into long-chain (LC-FAODs) and medium-chain disorders (almost exclusively deficiency of medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase). Newborn screening (NBS) allows prompt identification and management. FAOD detection rates have increased following the addition of FAODs to NBS programs in the United States and many developed countries. NBS-identified neonates with FAODs may remain asymptomatic with dietary management. Evidence from numerous studies suggests that NBS-identified patients have improved outcomes compared with clinically diagnosed patients, including reduced rates of symptomatic manifestations, neurodevelopmental impairment, and death. The limitations of NBS include the potential for false-negative and false-positive results, and the need for confirmatory testing. Although NBS alone does not predict the consequences of disease, outcomes, or management needs, subsequent genetic analyses may have predictive value. Genotyping can provide valuable information on the nature and frequency of pathogenic variants involved with FAODs and their association with specific phenotypes. Long-term follow-up to fully understand the clinical spectrum of NBS-identified patients and the effect of different management strategies is needed.

Indexed as

Lipid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsAcyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Long-ChainFatty AcidsHumansIncidenceInfant, NewbornNeonatal ScreeningAcyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Long-ChainFatty Acids

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PMID33495527
PMCPMC8105167
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