The Ministry of Health and Population said that the President’s initiative for the early detection of genetic diseases of newborns aims to detect 19 genetic diseases to protect children from the causes of disability..
The Ministry of Health and Population added that the addresses of the centers for follow-up and treatment of cases of genetic diseases at the level of the Republic can be identified through the following link https://bit.ly/3pPYfIM
Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that 19 genetic diseases are being detected for premature babies in the nurseries of the hospitals of the Ministry of Health and Population, as a first stage within the initiative, and the second stage of the initiative is scheduled to include conducting a medical survey for all newborns in all nurseries in university hospitals and hospitals. The private sector and health units at the level of the Republic.
For his part, Dr. Wael Abdel Razek, Head of the Health Care and Nursing Sector, indicated that the 19 diseases that are detected include (congenital hypothyroidism, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, folic anemia, cystic fibrosis, hereditary hyperlipidemia, phenylketonuria, tetraplegic deficiency Hydropetrin, organic acidity, elevated blood isovaleric acid, elevated blood propionate/methylmalone, maple urine disease, blood tyrosine elevation-type 1, hypergalactosemia, elevated urine homocysteine, elevated blood arginine, elevated blood citrulline, ornithine deficiency carbamoyl transporter, fatty acid oxidation, biotinidase deficiency).
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