Galactosaemia: Estimated live birth incidence in New Zealand

✍ Scribed by Ian C. T. Lyon; Cyril J. Chapman; Ian B. Houston; Arthur M. O. Veale

• Book ID: 104696244
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 231 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6717
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00272487

✦ Synopsis

194 cord blood samples were studied in both a fluorimetric assay and an electrophoresis method for Gal-1-PUT. From this the expected live birth incidence was 1:37000. The New Zealand neonatal screening programme has detected 5 cases in 223326 live births--an apparent incidence of 1:44600. The Beutler testing of dried blood spots collected on filter paper cards is a satisfactory method of detecting galactosaemia in the neonate.