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Benefit of newborn screening
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Why screen your baby?
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Disorder Screened
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Effect if NOT SCREENED
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Effect if SCREENED and managed
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Severe Mental Retardation
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Normal
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CAH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia)
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Death
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Alive and normal
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GAL (Galactosemia)
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Death or Cataracts
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Alive and normal
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PKU (Phenylketonuria)
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Severe Mental Retardation
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Normal
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Severe Anemia, Kernicterus
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Normal
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Maple Syrup Urine Disorder*
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Death
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Alive and normal
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source.http://www.newbornscreening.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=3&layout=blog&Itemid=60
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